{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-speaks-frontline-health-care-providers-impact-extreme-republican", "Davids Speaks with Frontline Health Care Providers on Impact of Extreme Republican Medicaid Cuts", "2025-07-10", "2025", "2025-07", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "KANSAS CITY, KS \u2013 Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined nearly 200 health care workers at Vibrant Health to discuss the harmful impact of recently enacted Republican Medicaid cuts. Davids heard directly from providers about how these cuts, which she voted against, will threaten all Kansas families\u2019 access to affordable care \u2014 and reaffirmed her commitment to protecting the health and well-being of every Kansan, over billionaire tax giveaways.\n\n\u201cKansans shouldn\u2019t have to pay more or travel farther for health care just so billionaires can get another tax break,\u201d said Davids. \u201cThese Medicaid cuts will strip coverage from hardworking families, force rural hospitals to close, raise premiums, and reduce access to essential care for all children, seniors, and veterans. I voted against these cuts \u2014 and yes, I\u2019m angry. But I\u2019m also determined to keep pushing back against these extreme policies, lowering costs for Kansans, and protecting the care our communities count on.\"\n\n\"At Vibrant Health, our goal is to ensure that everyone in our community has access to high-quality healthcare,\u201d said Patrick Sallee, President & CEO, Vibrant Health. \u201cMany of the people we see in our clinics rely on Medicaid, many of them children, whose parents simply want them to grow up healthy and thrive. When families worry about the cost of care, they often delay or avoid essential preventive services. Cuts to Medicaid don\u2019t just reduce coverage \u2014 they increase the barriers our patients face in staying healthy.\"\n\nThe law, signed last week by President Trump, includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history. According to the U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee, the new law will strip coverage from 92,937 Kansans, put six rural hospitals across Kansas at risk of closure, restrict reproductive health care, and increase Affordable Care Act premiums by $708 per year for Third District families.\n\nPresident Trump and Congressional Republicans\u2019 Medicaid cuts will hit Kansas hard, with hospitals across the state projected to lose more than $78 million annually. The University of Kansas Hospital, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, and AdventHealth Shawnee Mission are among those facing the steepest losses. Medicaid covers one-fifth of hospital spending, so eliminating coverage for nearly 12 million Americans will significantly increase uncompensated care, including at Community Health Centers. Hospitals already operating in the red may not survive the added financial pressures of treating more uninsured patients without reimbursement.\n\n\u201cHealth Partnership Clinic is evaluating the impact that the recently passed bill will have on our organization and patients that we serve,\u201d said Amy Falk, Chief Executive Officer, Health Partnership Clinic. \u201cAny time there are potential cuts that may affect our funding, we do a thorough analysis and make the necessary adjustments that are needed, and sometimes these are not easy decisions. HPC remains committed to being here for the patients we serve in Johnson, Miami, and Franklin counties.\u201d\n\nThese harmful provisions in the law go far beyond health care. In the Kansas Third District alone, 15,000 households could lose access to emergency nutrition assistance, and local grocery stores \u2014 especially in rural communities \u2014 may be forced to close. Cuts to clean energy incentives could eliminate up to 10,000 good-paying jobs and increase utility bills by $670 per household. Meanwhile, the law adds $3.3 trillion to the national debt and gives massive tax breaks to billionaires, even as it raises taxes on hardworking families.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T14:40:33Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-speaks-frontline-health-care-providers-impact-extreme-republican"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8783610537648201, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}