This week marked the 61st anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, serving as a stark reminder that Donald Trump and Republicans are doing everything in their power to drag American families into a healthcare crisis. Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill cut Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion — the largest cut to healthcare in history — while their refusal to extend enhanced ACA premium tax credits has already skyrocketed insurance premiums by nearly 60% this year. And if that weren’t harmful enough, the Trump administration just announced it would end Medicare Part D subsidies, raising prescription drug costs for millions of Americans.
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump and Republicans would gladly shutter hospitals and deny working families medical care if it meant shoving more money into the pockets of their billionaire friends and donors. Democrats are fighting back against Republicans’ constant attacks on healthcare and are working to expand access to care, lower costs, and make life more affordable.
- In Illinois: KFVS: Southern Illinois physicians, nurses and patients speak out against Medicaid and Medicare cuts
- In Kentucky: LEX 18: ‘Just trying to survive’: KY mom speaks out after son with autism loses Medicaid benefits
- In Maine: Maine Monitor: Maine hospitals brace for Medicaid cuts
- In Michigan: Michigan Advance: Earlier lifeline for rural hospitals faces test under ‘Big Beautiful’ law
- In Missouri: Kansas City Star: One Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts are about to hit Missouri hard | Opinion
- In Nebraska: NPR: In Nebraska, Americans begin to lose Medicaid under Trump’s work rules
- In New Jersey: NJ.com: N.J. lost 29 hospitals in three decades. Now Medicaid cuts could claim more | Opinion
- In New York: WGRZ: Democratic leaders criticize Medicaid cuts during Buffalo visit
- In Virginia: Virginia Mercury: Rural Virginia has been kind to the GOP, yet Trump’s GOP allows rural healthcare to suffer
- Nationwide: Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy
- Nationwide: New York Times: Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts
- Nationwide: Ms Magazine: Who’s Paying the Price for Trump’s Medicaid Cuts? Communities of Color and People Living With HIV
- Nationwide: The 19th: As maternity wards close, community outrage rises in key battleground states
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