Kean blasted for vote cutting Medicaid, putting at least 450,000 in N.J. at risk

Healthcare costs in N.J. are among the nation’s highest. What’s the state doing to help?

New Jersey residents are paying more on average for healthcare than the rest of the country, according to reports released by the New Jersey’s Health Care Affordability, Responsibility, and Transparency Program.Canva Illustration for NJ.com

U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr.‘s committee vote Wednesday to make significant cuts to the Medicaid program sparked an angry response far and wide — from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to a groups of doctors and a consumer rights organizations.

Kean, a Republican Congressman who represents the 7th district in north and central New Jersey, fired right back at the Democratic governor for “baseless, dishonest, fearmongering.”

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