02.25.2025 / Statement

Families USA Urges Congress to Reject Budget Resolution that Rips Health Care Away from Millions of Americans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, today released the following statement ahead of the impending vote on House Republicans’ budget resolution that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts. If passed, the House Energy and Commerce Committee would be locked in to at least $880 billion in cuts, a clear signal of their intent to decimate Medicaid and strip health benefits from millions of Americans across the country.

“Americans are storming townhalls, calling their representatives in Congress and demanding that House Republicans stop their plan to massively cut the health care that Americans want and need. President Trump and some Republicans have said they won’t touch Medicaid, but this vote today is when we see who walks the walk. This vote is the walk-the-plank moment for moderates who say they don’t want Medicaid cuts but are being asked to cut over $880 billion to the care and coverage of their constituents.”

“Policymakers and the public alike understand that there is no version of this budget resolution that does not include deep cuts to the vital programs, services, and benefits that the American people use every day to help them see a doctor, pay rent or feed their families. If this budget passes and the House is locked in to at least $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, it will mean millions of Americans losing coverage, hospitals and clinics plunged into budget shortfalls, state budgets thrown into crisis, and health care services we all depend on being eliminated. The end result would be a wrecking ball for local economies, especially in rural and working-class areas. The magnitude of these health cuts is on a similar scale to Republicans’ previous attempts to “repeal and replace” the ACA — but this time it is even more clear that it is repeal without any replacement, leaving many Americans uninsured, living sicker and dying younger and one emergency from financial ruin.

“A vote for this budget is a betrayal of the very voters in working class, rural and other areas that sent Republican leaders to Washington to lower costs, and instead those same leaders will oversee the shredding of our nation’s social safety net, driving up costs for millions of Americans just to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Families USA urges every member of Congress to reject this budget that would rip health care away from millions of Americans and drive up costs for working families, and vote no.”