Move On – July 3, 2025

Posted on July 3, 2025

We’re running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicaid!

Dear MoveOn member,

This week, Senate Republicans passed the largest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s, a reckless move that would strip health insurance from nearly 12 million Americans over the next decade.1

To pay for Trump’s tax cuts to billionaires and big corporations, Republicans deliberately chose to cut Medicaid funding by $1 trillion and to drastically cut other vital programs like SNAP and housing assistance.2

Now, the bill needs to pass the House again, and we have a very narrow window to stop its passage. Will you sign the petition calling on Congress to BLOCK these extreme cuts to Medicaid while there’s still time?

Medicaid funds health care for nearly 80 million Americans, including older adults, children, pregnant people, and disabled people.3 Gutting the vital health care program would drive up the cost of living for everyday Americans—in direct opposition to Trump’s big campaign promises.

Both on the campaign trail and while in office, Trump has repeatedly vowed to keep Medicaid intact—and it’s no wonder why.4 83% of the public have favorable views of Medicaid, and, in fact, people want to see increased spending on Medicaid—not cuts.5 Recent polling also shows that defunding Medicaid is deeply unpopular among voters across party lines.6

The Trump-Republican tax agenda would take health insurance away from millions of Americans. Add your name to tell Congress: NO CUTS to Medicaid.

Tell Congress: NO CUTS to Medicaid!

Sign the petition

JD Vance has also flippantly dismissed what it would mean to kick millions of Americans off Medicaid, calling the health care cuts “minutiae” and “immaterial”—all in the name of giving billions to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).7

Gutting programs like Medicaid would also create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. It would then, in turn, force states to raise taxes or cut other critical parts of their budget in order to fill the gap.

No one should have to choose between getting the health care they need and paying for rent, gas, or groceries because of high costs. Sign the petition now to protect Medicaid.

Health care workers and experts say these extreme Medicaid cuts could result in vulnerable Americans no longer being able to receive care—either because they lose coverage or health care centers in their communities close—and rural hospitals are particularly at risk.8

We can’t allow working families to continue shouldering the burden of Republicans shifting taxpayer dollars to their billionaire friends and ICE. It’s up to us to speak out and demand that our health care be protected.

Sign the petition to tell Congress: Stop playing politics with our health care—protect Medicaid now!

Thanks for all you do.

–Toni, Olga, Seth, Aliya, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. “Senate megabill marks biggest Medicaid cuts in history,” The Hill, July 1, 2025
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5378970-medicaid-cuts-senate-republicans/

2. “House Republicans Push Forward Plan to Cut Taxes, Medicaid and Food Aid,” The New York Times, May 14, 2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/politics/congress-tax-medicaid.html

3. “Medicaid is Health Care for Nearly 80 Million Individuals and Families,” National Health Law Program, January 28, 2025
https://healthlaw.org/medicaid-is-health-care-for-nearly-80-million-individuals-and-families/

4. “Here are the times Trump has said he wouldn’t cut Medicaid,” ABC News, May 13, 2025
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-medicaid-republican-bill-cut-benefits/story?id=121756481

5. “Medicaid keeps getting more popular as Republicans aim to cut it by $800 billion,” NPR, June 17, 2025
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/17/nx-s1-5435312/medicaid-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-trump-kff-poll

6. “The GOP budget bill is most popular with this group,” The Washington Post, June 18, 2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/18/gop-budget-bill-voters-uninformed/

7. “J.D. Vance Dismisses Kicking Millions Off Medicaid: ‘Minutiae,'” Rolling Stone, July 1, 2025
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-dismisses-kicking-millions-medicaid-minutiae-1235376453/

8. “How Trump’s megabilll could affect Medicaid and who could lose coverage,” ABC News, June 30, 2025
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/trumps-megabilll-affect-medicaid-lose-coverage/story?id=123333819

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