Sixty years ago, Medicaid and Medicare were created when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments into law. These programs were central to Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” designed to combat health and economic inequality. 

Today, sixty years later, Medicaid and Medicare face unprecedented threats. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), Congress approved $1 trillion in cuts—the most significant health care reduction in U.S. history.

The consequences are devastating:

• More than 15 million people will lose health insurance
• Hundreds of rural hospitals are projected to close
• Approximately 51,000 people could die from preventable causes each year

Congress voted for this harm, but Congress can also fix it. They must reinvest in Medicaid and Medicare to undo this damage. 

Click here to send a message to Congress telling them to invest in these critical programs, not cut them.

The OBBBA is the opposite of a “War on Poverty.” Instead of protecting vulnerable Americans, it slashes health care to fund tax handouts for the wealthy, taking from the poor to give to the rich. 

The American people strongly oppose these cuts. Eighty-three percent of Americans hold a favorable view of Medicaid, including three in four Republicans. Congress must hear us loud and clear: reverse course, undo the harm to Medicaid and Medicare, and protect the health care of more than 71 million people.

Join us in sending  the message to Congress to invest in these critical programs, don't cut them.

Sources:

1. The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare
2. Research Memo: Projected Mortality Impacts of the Budget Reconciliation Bill
3. Medicaid Keeps Getting More Popular as Republicans Aim to Cut It by $800 Billion