House Budget Reconciliation Proposals Will Be Devastating for Medicaid, People with Mental Illness
- On May 13, 2025, a portion of the budget reconciliation plan was unveiled by the House committee responsible for energy and commerce, proposing reductions of $715 billion in federal funding, including cuts to Medicaid nationwide.
- This proposal follows ongoing concerns that states like California have manipulated Medicaid financing to draw excessive federal funds, straining the program's integrity and national budget.
- The Medicaid cuts threaten to cause 8.6 million people to lose coverage, disproportionately harming mental health service access since Medicaid is the largest payer for such care nationwide.
- Daniel H. Gillison Jr., CEO of NAMI, emphasized that Medicaid plays a crucial role for millions of Americans who depend on it to receive mental health care, cautioning that reductions could endanger lives.
- The proposal's implications include increased uninsured rates, disrupted mental health care continuity, and intensified hospital service closures, prompting urgent calls for Congress to reject these changes.
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House Republicans Move Forward with Plans to Cut Medicaid and Food Stamps, Reducing Coverage for Millions
On Tuesday, three House committees moved forward with agendas that would make it harder for older adults, people with disabilities, children, and working families to meet their basic needs like food and health care. Taken together, these agendas would cut benefits for low-income families while cutting taxes for those with higher incomes. In total, as many as 14 million people could have their coverage terminated, with nearly 4 million losing foo…
Conservative CEO of rural hospital slams Medicaid cuts, inferring they will kill rural healthcare.
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California’s Medicaid corruption costs us all
Imagine if you told your kid they could have dessert, but only if they ate all of their vegetables. Then, as you looked away, they quietly slipped their spinach to the dog before reaching out to receive dessert. Here you have what California is doing with Medicaid funding, and the whole country is paying for it. For years, states have found creative ways to game the federal Medicaid system, such as using questionable financing mechanisms that ar…
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