Protect Medicaid—Tell Your Representative to Say NO to Harmful Cuts!
The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a devastating budget bill that would slash funding for Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and SNAP (food assistance)—all to fund tax breaks that disproportionately benefit high-income earners while ballooning the national debt.
The Senate already passed this harmful legislation. Now the House is racing toward final passage. There’s still time to stop it, but we need your voice today.
What’s at Stake
This bill would cause historic harm to older adults, people with disabilities, families, and communities nationwide. If passed, it would:
Strip health coverage from millions. Nonpartisan experts project 17 million people would lose Medicaid, ACA, or Medicare-related coverage.
Tangle Medicaid enrollees in red tape. Harmful Medicaid work reporting requirements would apply to enrollees up to age 64, throwing eligible people off coverage due to employment and paperwork barriers.
Raise Medicare costs and lower Social Security checks for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Over 1.4 million people could lose Medicare Savings Program (MSP) assistance leading to higher premiums, deductibles, and copays—and skimpier Social Security payments.
Make prescription drugs less affordable. People who lose their MSP would also lose Extra Help (Part D Low-Income Subsidy), increasing their prescription drug costs by an average of $6,200 per year.
Undermine nursing home safety. The bill halts progress toward improving nursing home staffing standards, putting resident lives and well-being at risk.
Jeopardize long-term care at home. States would likely be forced to cut Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) that help people receive care in their homes.
Slash food assistance. Cuts to SNAP would increase hunger and food insecurity for millions.
Target immigrant Medicare beneficiaries. Many older adults with lawful immigration status who worked and paid taxes would lose Medicare eligibility.
Set the stage for future Medicare cuts. By ballooning the federal deficit, the bill would trigger nearly $500 billion in automatic Medicare cuts down the road.
The Human Cost is Too High
If this bill becomes law, millions of Americans will lose coverage, face higher health care costs, and struggle with hunger and poverty.
Experts estimate the bill’s policies could lead to over 51,000 additional deaths each year from coverage losses, care disruptions, and reduced nursing home safety.
The Public Doesn’t Support This Bill
Poll after poll shows that Americans—across party lines—oppose cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, and SNAP. But Congress isn’t listening.
We must act now. Urge your representative to reject these harmful cuts.
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