FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2025 
Contact: Jack Cardinal, jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org  

“Republicans in the House just voted to terminate care for nearly 15 million people – just to fund more tax breaks that only benefit the wealthy and corporations.” 

BOSTON, MA — Today, the House passed a reconciliation bill containing the largest cut to Medicaid in U.S. history. The legislation will terminate coverage for nearly 15 million people—including older adults in long-term care, people with disabilities, veterans, and families with low incomes—while dismantling critical ACA protections so they can fund more tax breaks that only benefit corporations and billionaires. Making matters worse, this bill does nothing to address the high cost of care or rein in corporate profiteering in our health system—going against the will of voters across the political spectrum.  

“This unconscionable attack on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will strip health care away from millions while enriching corporations and the ultra-wealthy,” said Mona Shah, Senior Director of Policy and Strategy at Community Catalyst. “Don’t believe the spin about reform—this is a direct assault on our historically excluded communities to protect corporate profits. The consequences will be catastrophic: rural hospitals closing, medical debt skyrocketing, and health outcomes worsening—especially in communities already facing deep inequities due to racism, classism and other forms of oppression.”

The bill represents an assault on health justice through five harmful policies: 
  1. Unnecessary, Punitive Work Requirements stripping coverage from people already working, caregiving, or managing chronic conditions.
  2. Slashed Maternal and Reproductive Care devastating Black and Latinx communities through defunding reproductive health care providers, reducing access to prenatal care and closing maternity wards.
  3. Deliberate Enrollment Barriers pushing people out of coverage through bureaucratic hurdles and limited enrollment windows.
  4. Discriminatory Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care undermining evidence-based medicine and threatening LGBTQ+ people.
  5. Targeting of Immigrant Communities through restrictive eligibility that threatens public health and families.

“As this fight moves to the Senate, Community Catalyst is building power alongside our 350+ state and local partners across the country,” Shah continued. “We’re mobilizing a nationwide movement that transcends place and party lines, to defend our right to care. Already, more than 33,000 people have signed petitions, nearly 3,000 have contacted Congress, and over 5,500 have shared their stories about the devastating impact of coverage loss. The time to join this movement is now.”

Take Action Now

Share your Medicaid story, contact your senators or join local organizing efforts. Community Catalyst experts, people with lived experience, and partners from our network of 350+ organizations are available for interviews. Contact Jack Cardinal at jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org.

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About Community Catalyst:

Community Catalyst is a national organization dedicated to building the power of people to create a health system rooted in race equity and health justice, and a society where health is a right for all. We’re an experienced, trusted partner to organizations across the country, a change agent to policymakers at the local, state, and national level, and both an adversary and a collaborator to health systems in our efforts to advance health justice. We partner with local, state and national organizations and leaders to leverage and build power so that people are at the center of important decisions about health and health care, whether they are made by health care executives, in state houses, or on Capitol Hill. Together with partners, we’re building a powerful, united movement with a shared vision of and strategy for a health system accountable to all people. Learn more at www.communitycatalyst.org.