SEIU 775 caregiver Brenda Morgan spoke at Senator Maria Cantwell’s Medicaid round table in the Tri-Cities about how cuts to Medicaid would affect her client and community.
“Losing Medicaid would be devastating for her and her health,” said Morgan, referring to her client.
“And the damage doesn’t stop there. If we lose the pillar of Medicaid it will be a domino effect. I will lose my job. I give care to those who receive Medicaid. If I don’t work, we don’t eat. If I don’t work, I don’t get to pay my bills. How much more instability will we see if this happens?
“Medicaid keeps people in my community alive, people like my client Sam. Cutting Medicaid would be like setting a bomb off in my community and in my family. We would all lose so much.”
Watch Morgan and Senator Cantwell’s remarks on AppleValleyNewsNow.com.