KNPR: 1 in 4 Nevadans use Medicaid. What happens to them if Trump cuts the program?

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By Paul Boger

Roughly 1.4 million people in the U.S. live in nursing homes, and two-thirds are covered by Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for people with low incomes or disabilities

In Congress right now, Republicans have made it known that they’re considering plans to cut billions of dollars from the Medicaid program.

Medicaid is designed to help lower-income people with basic health needs.

In Nevada, about one in four residents is reportedly on Medicaid, which is funded both by the state and federal government. Total funding in 2023 was more than $6 billion, with about a billion coming from the state.

What then, could cuts at the federal level mean for Nevada, for the hundreds of thousands who rely on Medicaid for health care? And do state lawmakers have a plan in place, or are they working on what, in case the Trump Administration does cut Medicaid?