The article "Critics fault Hogan's plan to cut Medicaid spending" (Feb. 13) by Erin Cox was well done.
These proposed cuts will affect about 1,400 pregnant women besides so many others. It is very obvious that our current state government is more concerned about abolishing the "rain tax" than caring about the human life. The state is not going to save the money in the long term because poor health care will not only increase the incidence of serious medical issues and lead to more hospitalization in the future, which will also be somehow paid by the state sooner or later.
Maryland may have already saved lot more then it spent on expanded Medicaid by paying less for hospital care. The 22 percent reduction in the infant mortality rate since Medicaid was expanded to more pregnant women in 2000 is a very clear reflection of this hidden cost saving.
Lastly, as a physician, I can say that cutting the physician reimbursement rate will be another big mistake.
Dr. Mahendra S. Khera, Sykesville