Why the health care lobby failed to stop cuts to Medicaid funding The powerful health industry lobby couldn’t persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s tax and spending bill. Now, not only could thousands of residents lose coverage, community health centers are bracing for a financial hit too. Also called community health centers, FQHCs provide primary care, dental care, maternal health and behavioral health services in underserved areas to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay. “Right now a lot of health centers are having financial troubles and about 40 percent have less than 90 days cash on hand,” said Joe Dunn, chief policy officer of the National Association of Community Health Centers, which represents more than 13,000 FQHC sites across the country. “I would actually ask him: ‘What’s the reason you’re cutting Medicaid,'” Collins said, “and hurting a lot of people in this city?”