Washington must preserve health care for all, especially the poor October 10, 2025

Kishanee Haththotuwegama, Medical Student & member of Washington PSR’s Economic Inequity & Health Task Force | The Spokesman-Review

As a future physician, I worry about these unseen systemic costs. When Medicaid spending decreases, individuals will lose access to primary care, planned surgeries and community health centers. I am being trained to practice medicine through preventive care, not to wait until a condition becomes critical. It costs us more to respond to a crisis. And it is already hard enough seeing patients wait months for an appointment. These cuts will leave us with a far more expensive and dangerous model of care for everyone.