TranslateSixty years ago, Medicaid and Medicare were established when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments into law. The programs were a larger part of Johnson's "War on Poverty" agenda to combat inequality.
Sixty years later, Medicaid and Medicare are under attack in ways that we could never have imagined. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), $1 trillion was cut from Medicaid and Medicare―the largest health care cut in U.S. history.
As a result of the budget package, more than 15 million people will lose health insurance, hundreds of rural hospitals will close, and approximately 51,000 people will die preventable deaths each year.
Congress voted for this harm, and Congress can fix it. We need them to invest in Medicaid and Medicare in order to undo this damage.
OBBBA is the exact opposite of the "War on Poverty." The bill was passed with brutal cuts to health care to fund more tax handouts for the very wealthy. It took from the poor to give to the rich.
The unpopularity of these cuts cannot be overstated. Eighty-three percent of the American public, including three in four Republicans, has a favorable view of Medicaid. Congress must hear from us loud and clear: reverse course, undo the harm to Medicaid and Medicare, and protect health care for more than 71 million people.
Join us in sending the message to Congress to invest in these critical programs, don't cut them.
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The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare
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Research Memo: Projected Mortality Impacts of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
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Medicaid keeps getting more popular as Republicans aim to cut it by $800 billion
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