Dear Health Advocates,

 

Last evening, the Senate Finance Committee released language for their version of the reconciliation bill. The bottom line is that Congressional leadership remains dead set on cutting Medicaid, the ACA, and other vital health care programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest. You can get a more detailed view of the bill language here.

 

The next few weeks are critical in our ability to draw attention to the additional harmful provisions in this Senate text. That's why we invite you to join Community Catalyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Families USA, and NHeLP TODAY, Tuesday, June 17 at 4:00 p.m. ET to walk through the bill text, its impact, and next step strategies for health coverage. We hope to be joined by Senate staff as well to share some remarks. Register here.

 

Families USA and our partners have numerous other ways for you to get involved and make your voice heard this week, including:

  • Call to Action
    • Join Families USA and other health advocates in telling your Senator - Hands Off Medicaid and the ACA!
  • Updated FUSA Analyses
    • Senate Finance committee section-by-section breakdown
    • One Big Beautiful Bill summary: Harmful Impacts of Proposed House Budget Bill the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, and Medicare
  • Health Action Resource List
    • As a reminder, Families USA's Health Action Resources List can be found on our website, where we compile resources from our partners for all of you to access in one place. You can find that page here.
  • Defending Medicaid Landing Page
    • Families USA has a Defending Medicaid landing page! You can find district fact sheets, state-specific resources, and any other resources you may need for your advocacy in protecting and defending Medicaid.
    • See our letter opposing the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" here!
  • Email Writing Campaign: Tell Your Senator - No Cuts to Medicaid or the ACA! Families USA.  
  • Contact Your Legislators about the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act:" Take Action with YES! Access.
  • Email Writing Campaign: Tell Congress: Reject Medicaid cuts that will pay for more tax cuts for the rich. Coalition on Human Needs.
  • State Legislator Sign-On Letter to the Senate: Reject the Reconciliation Bill. Deadline is Friday, June 20th COB. Americans for Tax Fairness.

  • NEW! Affordability Agenda: Making Health Care Affordable: Reining In Health Industry Abuses To Lower People’s Costs Without Cutting Coverage, Families USA.
  • NEW! Press Release: Families USA Statement on Senate Republicans Continuing their Crusade Against Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, Devastating Health Care for Millions, Families USA.
  • NEW! Section by Section: Senate Finance Budget Reconciliation Bill Breakdown, Families USA.
  • NEW! Live Blog: By the Numbers: House Bill Takes Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raises Families’ Health Care Costs, CBPP.
  • NEW! Fact Sheet: 16 Million Americans Will Lose Their Health Care Under the GOP Tax Scam, Protect Our Care.
  • NEW! Resources: State Marketplace Network Federal Resources, State Marketplace Network.
  • NEW! Blog: We Interrupt This Program for a Marketplace Alert: Reenrollment Rollback Risks Significant Coverage Loss, The 80 Million.
  • NEW! Explainer: How Consumers May be Harmed if Congress Funds Cost-Sharing Reductions, Families USA.
  • Video: 90 Seconds or Less Policy Explainers. Families USA.
  • TODAY! State Health Table: Medicaid Defense and Strategy
    • Please join Community Catalyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Families USA, and NHeLP on Tuesday, June 17 from 4-5 p.m. ET to share the latest developments around the budget reconciliation process, to dive deep and help answer questions on the ACA Marketplace and immigration-related cuts included in the bill, and to discuss strategies and tactics for Medicaid defense advocacy toward the Senate and continued pressure on House members. Register here.
  • TOMORROW! National Day of Action
    • Please join the Coalition on Human Needs and other coalition partners on Wednesday, June 18, for a critical day of action to demand the Senate reject cuts to human needs programs and protect health care and nutrition access for tens of millions of people. Find more details here.
  • Advocates Meeting: Wednesday Advocates Meeting Zoom call, Coalition on Human Needs hosting every Wednesday at 9:30 AM ET.
  • Shared Advocacy Calendar: Coalition on Human Needs. Check out weeks of action and upcoming events!

             National Resources

  • Report: Medicaid is a Critical Support for the Early Childhood Education Workforce,  Georgetown CCF.

  • Blog: Proposed Medicaid Cuts Could Jeopardize Health Care Access for 3 in 10 Young Adults, Urban Institute.

  • Blog: Nearly 5.6 Million Community Health Center Patients Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Under New Work Requirements, with Revenue Losses Up to $32 Billion, The Commonwealth Fund.

  • Article: How Medicaid Cuts Will Hurt Health Care for Everyone, Center for Economic and Policy Research.

  • Analysis: House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families, CBPP.

             State Resources

  • Fact Sheet Graphics: Congressional Medicaid Fact Sheet Social Graphics, Families USA.
  • Fact Sheets: Congressional Medicaid Fact Sheets, Families USA.

  • Resource: Article and State Data Table on Medicaid cuts to elderly and disabled Americans, Milken Institute

  • State Research: How Work Requirements Would Affect Medicaid Coverage in Each Expansion State, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 
  • State Maps and Commentary: States in the Bull’s-Eye of Medicaid Cuts, The Century Foundation.
  • Toolkit: Analyzing the Impact of Potential Medicaid Cuts: A Toolkit for States, State Health and Value Strategies.
  • Fact Sheets: Medicaid Mental Health Fact Sheets for All 50 States and DC, NAMI.
  • Fact Sheets: Medicaid and Its Role for Older Adults in All 50 States and DC, AARP.

             Medicaid Defense

  • Sign On Letter Wrap Up: More than 85 National Organizations Urge Senate to Reject “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Health Care Cuts and Prioritize Transparency, Rigor of Analysis, and Constituents’ Health Access (06/15/2025), Families USA.
  • Analyses: Medicaid Expansion Reduces Maternal Mortality: Medicaid Cuts Would Be Deadly for Mothers and Babies, Families USA.

  • Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet: Republicans Are Working to Gut Medicaid, a Lifeline for People With Mental Health Conditions and Opioid Addiction, Protect Our Care.

  • Insights Blog: Work Reporting Requirements Don’t Work: An in-depth look as Idaho moves closer to adding costly red tape to Medicaid, Families USA.

  • Medicaid Work Requirements Fact Sheet: Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Bureaucratic Burdens That Threaten Working Families, Providers and Local Economies, Families USA.

             Other Resources

  • Press Coverage
    • State media coverage of Families USA’s May 12 press call on the reconciliation bill text appeared in the following publications 
      • NJ.com - Here’s how the proposed deep cuts to Medicaid would affect N.J.
      • Michigan Public Radio - Critics: House GOP budget plan’s Medicaid cuts will burden Michigan health system.
  • Press Release: Health Advocates Launch Campaign to Share Stories of Americans Impacted by Devastating Health Care Cuts, Families USA.
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Nate Keller

Senior Associate, Organizing and Mobilization

Families USA

 

 
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