I'm Dyer Oxley and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, we debate whether it's a good idea to name your baby after a character in pop culture.

I'm a bit partial to Fox from the X-Files or Cooper from Twin Peaks, a little local flavor.

In this very personal episode, two baby name experts join me and my pregnant wife, Nina, to help us make the biggest

decision yet in our unborn child's life. Listen to meet me here on the KUOW app or wherever you get

your podcast. Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Thursday, June 26th.

Washington, Governor Bob Ferguson is urging Congress to protect safety net programs like Medicaid.

President Trump's budget package includes billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts.

Speaking at a Tri-City's nursing facility, Ferguson says those cuts will hurt nearly two million people in Washington who rely on Medicaid for health care.

It also puts hospitals at risk.

You go to a hospital that may close because of these cuts.

Many hospitals across our country and our state are hanging on by a thread. That's the reality right now. Ferguson says the cuts are creating

additional financial strains at a time when states are facing budget challenges. Republican members

of Washington's congressional delegation are hoping the Senate

will pass the federal budget bill already approved by the House. Congressman Michael

Baumgartner represents the 5th District, which includes Spokane. He says the bill strengthens

Medicaid because it puts limits on who's eligible for the program. I mean, if you think of

young ladies with cancer who are trying to get back on their feet

and are single moms that have lost their jobs than any Medicaid,

there's less Medicaid available for them in the system because of illegal immigrants being on Medicaid

and able-bodied adults being on Medicaid.

So these are needed reforms that benefit the truly most needy and it'll be good to support.

Baumgartner spoke with KUOW's Sound Politics podcast this week. You can hear the full interview

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