Doylestown Resident’s Future Uncertain Due to Proposed Medicaid Cuts Supported by Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick

“People will die,” warns Melissa Rinker, who has over 20 chronic illnesses and relies 100 percent on Medicaid for medication and monthly doctor’s visits.

In the face of drastic Medicaid cuts, Melissa Rinker’s future remains precarious.

Rinker, a 42 year-old from Doylestown, has over 20 chronic illnesses and relies 100 percent on Medicaid for medication and monthly doctor’s visits. She also depends on SNAP to help her buy groceries and an OTC card for prescription drugs and other health products. She is physically unable to work.

If Rinker were to have one message to legislators like her Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, and her Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick, she would want them to know that the proposed Medicaid cuts would be a “death sentence.”