Dear Editor:

Republicans, including our representative Jack Bergman, have shut down the Federal Government because they want to strip healthcare away from middle and working-class Americans including Yoopers so they can give more tax cuts to the wealthy.

Democrats instead are demanding an extension of enhanced subsidies that help make healthcare affordable for Americans obtaining it through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as well as a reversal of Medicaid cuts included in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Although Michigan’s recently passed budget fortunately preserves healthcare spending, the GOP-controlled house’s original bill would have cut Medicaid and behavioral health spending by $3.79 billion.

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will kick 10-15 million Americans off Medicaid. Four million Am

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