With the House Committee on Energy and Commerce poised to cut $880 billion out of the federal budget, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss is sounding the alarm, saying cuts largely affect the low-income health insurance program Medicaid.

Auchincloss said cutting Medicaid would leave millions of Americans without coverage, increase costs for those with private health care, and affect community health centers including HealthFirst, which serves patients from Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, Freetown and Westport.

“In the middle of the night, Republicans are going to cut health care for people who need health care, in order to pay for tax cuts for people who don’t need tax cuts,” Auchincloss said in a Herald News interview May 13.

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