No Cuts to Medicaid
Republican leaders in Congress are trying to make the 2017 tax giveaway to billionaires and giant corporations permanent by cutting $1.5 trillion from vital programs like Medicaid.
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed steep cuts to Medicaid as part of the budget reconciliation process. The impact of these cuts would be disastrous for working families. Frontline health care workers would lose their jobs, millions of workers would lose health care coverage, and state budgets would be thrown into chaos.
Medicaid is the single largest source of health care coverage in the United States and a major source of funding for hospitals, community health centers, and nursing homes. Medicaid covers 20% of hospital spending and more than 60% of people in nursing homes. From prenatal care for babies to long-term services for seniors and people with disabilities, Medicaid touches every stage of life.
The proposed cuts to Medicaid would take health care away from millions of people, including kids, seniors, and our most vulnerable Americans. It would raise health care and insurance costs for everyone else. And massive cuts to Medicaid would cause hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and home-health agencies to close or downsize, resulting in an estimated 477,000 health care jobs to be lost in 2026 alone.
It’s time to speak up and urge Congress to stand with working families by rejecting any cuts to Medicaid.