Letters to the Editor

Federal cuts will affect medical costs

It’s come to my attention that lots of people don’t know the impact of the new federal budget on our way of life.

The upshot of this budget is that Medicaid is being cut horrendously so that millionaires and billionaires can have huge tax breaks. Middle-class and low-income folks will bear the brunt of this catastrophe by losing income and by paying higher taxes.

Some clinics in the northeastern U.S. have already had to close because they are no longer funded by federal monies, which they depend on. Many of the hospitals and clinics in Eastern Washington...