#medicaid-cuts

#medicaid-cuts

The government's removal of Medicaid funding has led to five Planned Parenthood clinics in California closing due to unsustainable financial strains, impacting low-income women's healthcare access.

"Hospital closures over the past 20 years and physician shortages undermine assumptions about timely emergency care in the United States. Cuts to Medicaid put the entire emergency-medicine safety net at risk."

Governor Kathy Hochul stated that major federal funding cuts from President Trump's new bill are set to inflict severe harm on New Yorkers, especially the vulnerable. She emphasized that this bill aims to subsidize tax breaks for the wealthy at the expense of crucial aid programs.

An analysis by the Greater New York Hospital Association estimates that Trump's megabill will risk $14.4 billion in hospital-generated economic activity and over 63,000 healthcare or healthcare-related jobs. The cuts will exacerbate the stress on the already fragile healthcare system, leading to a reduction in critically needed services, downsizing of operations, or even hospital closures.

The tax and spending bill cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, leading to potential decreases in payments to hospitals and nursing facilities in at least 29 states.

Hakeem Jeffries's lengthy remarks aimed at highlighting the adverse effects of Donald Trump's bill delayed Republican celebrations and drew attention to the critical issue of Medicaid cuts.

The Big Beautiful Bill includes $1 trillion in Medicaid funding cuts over the next decade, risking 1.5 million New Yorkers losing their health care coverage.

The political consequences of pushing for the deepest cuts in decades to Medicaid and other safety net programs serving millions of people are already becoming clear.

Tillis faced pressure to support the 'Big Beautiful Bill' but chose to speak against Medicaid cuts, knowing it would harm North Carolina's funding, hospitals, and communities.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by a narrow 51-50 vote, including a tie-breaking vote from Vice President J.D. Vance, amidst significant internal dissent.

Mitch McConnell told Senate Republicans that Americans concerned about losing Medicaid will 'get over it.' No one will 'get over' losing a loved one because Republicans in Congress failed them.

"These poor people need their Medicaid. I don't get it," said Diane Donaghy, president of the New York State Nurses Association at RUMC. "Staten Island cannot afford to not have two hospitals... We need those funds, so I don't know why they're [the government] playing games."

During these challenging times, it is important that we continue to make budget decisions on our own terms as a community, while holding firm to the values that define us.

If a tax code change passed by the House of Representatives remains in the legislation, experts say it would give some major juice to hiring in the Bay Area's layoff-plagued tech industry.