Nurses, hospital administrators, and advocates rallied outside New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital to protest Senate Republicans' discussions on Medicaid cuts under Trump's healthcare bill. As the bill threatens the healthcare of 16 million Americans, participants emphasized the vital need to protect Medicaid, which ensures job security for healthcare workers and access for patients. Spearheaded by healthcare union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, similar protests occurred across multiple NYC hospitals. The looming cuts pose risks not only to hospitals but also to nursing homes, significantly affecting the elderly reliant on these services.
"That's our essential right to have Medicaid for our patients, to keep our hospitals open... if the Medicaid cuts, then we won't have no jobs. We won't have nothing to pay our bills."
"It impacts a lot of our nursing homes because those are smaller facilities, they don't get as much funding as hospitals, and they're in much more danger of closing down."
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