apparent and page points the fickif i can finger of blame towards president trump. it s whole array of emotions but confusion on why he s doing this to the people who really need it and then anger of why he s doing it. reporter: medicaid expansion added 700,000 ohioans to the health care rolls with intended benefits, percentage of people with high blood pressure and obesity and elevated cholesterol dropped. in ohio where opioid addiction have reached alarming levels, significant decreases in medicaid funding or likely to have widespread impact. we ll make sure we still give the care to the patients but it s going to be huge financial burden. spending cuts will affect oep yad treatment nationwide especially in ohio where the rate of fastal overdose was twice the average in 2015. for courtney taylor, much simpler, dire needs, only filed
the whole problem between them. we have bipartisanship going on in front of us. good to see you, medicaid has helped people in california immensely. let s put stats on for the audience to see. there were 7 million people, almost 8 million people on medicaid in california before obamacare. and the total medicaid and chip, children s health insurance program is up 58% to 12.2 million people. medicaid is a bill deal there. absolutely. the medicaid expansion is the lifeline to many parents throughout rural america and state of california and big urban cities. you have about 46% of kids who rely on medicaid, 76% of kids who are impoferrished on medicaid and people in nursing homes who potentially lose that resource for them as seniors if we repeal the medicaid
welcome back to velshi and hoo ruhle. i missed. let s talk more on the impact of the senate health care bill. because six days isn t enough for us. we re going to talk about it until it gets voted on. the largest savings in the federal budget will come from the roll back of medicaid, which is the state federal program that covers poor people and others. this is going to result in the biggest number of uninsured peop people. behind the numbers are real people. ron mott visited a small town in ohio where he found enormous concern. reporter: like much of rural america, barnsville, ohio has few health care options and many challenges. suffice it to say, republican led efforts to overhaul the nation s health system are followed intently, invoking fear
expansion. it s 15 million people will lose their health insurance by the repeal of the medicaid expansion. congressman meade, what do you say about the state of new york, specifically in upstate new york who depend on medicaid? obviously the fundamental bill supports the base medicaid with 100% and poverty and below being taken care of even under the senate bill and house bill. what we re trying to do stand with the working poor. the medicaid expansion population those that are working. we can target tax credits to choose not to participate in medicaid. people want their own health insurance. sir, working and affording health care are two different things. if people lose coverage they should go out and get jobs, people have jobs, it doesn t mean they can afford their health care. listen, there s people out
senate republicanss plan, on their mind, one word, can you guess what it is? medicaid? what does it mean to be a patient if this health care bill passes, what will change for you and what will stay the same? the problem for parents is going to be do i choose my child s medicine or my child s food. it is a reality that without health insurance, someone who is trying to feed their family will put off their own health care. people put off their own health care as it is. (baby crying) fly me to the moon (elegant music) and let me play (bell rings)