Insider’s Report: Are Social Security and Medicare benefit cuts next?

Republican lawmakers and President Trump have rammed through the largest Medicaid cuts in the history of the program.

The Trump-GOP mega law ( [link removed] ) is the worst of all worlds for seniors: unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that

provide health care, nutrition and other essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans of all ages, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. And it will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt over the next decade.

The Trump-GOP mega law ( [link removed] ) is the worst of all worlds for seniors: unprecedented cuts to fundamental programs that provide health care, nutrition and other essential services to lower- and moderate-income Americans of all ages, all to partially offset the cost of massive tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy and large, profitable corporations. And it will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt over the next decade.

Cuts to Medicaid will force nursing homes to shutter their doors, states will have little choice but to cut the home and community-based services that make it possible for seniors and the disabled to age outside of institutional settings, and cuts to the SNAP program will place many seniors at risk of losing critical nutrition services.

It is not unreasonable for America’s seniors to worry that the ultimate effect of starving the nation of this revenue would be to provide a justification for later legislation that would cut the earned benefits Americans have paid for throughout their working lives: Social Security and Medicare.

In fact, while the Trump-GOP budget law does not directly cut Medicare, adding trillions to the debt will result in automatic reductions in Medicare spending. So the weakening of this critical program has already begun.

Some uber-wealthy individuals, including Elon Musk, have falsely called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.” Cutting and privatizing this critical program, along with Medicare, has long been a goal of many fiscal conservatives, meaning that if an artificial economic crisis caused by massive tax cuts becomes a reality, it will allow them to wrongly assert that the nation can no longer afford these critical programs.

Behind closed doors, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has said he plans to tackle so-called “entitlement spending” next.

The National Committee is already gearing up for this next battle — working to expose the truth in national media, briefing key lawmakers and their staff and activating members and supporters in every congressional district. But we need your voice to make the greatest possible impact on decisions now under consideration in Washington.

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The National Committee endorses the “Social Security Expansion Act” (S. 770/H.R. 1700) ( [link removed] ) which would improve benefits by:  

Boosting Social Security benefits of about $200 a month for most beneficiaries, which would apply to both current and new beneficiaries and would become fully effective upon the bill’s enactment.
Adopting the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries, which would better reflect the costs of the goods and services most purchased by seniors.
Increasing the special minimum benefit so that it equals up to 125 percent of the poverty level, or about $18,000 for an individual worker with a full career of earnings. This benefit would be indexed in future years.
Restoring benefits to age 22 for children of deceased or disabled workers who are full-time students.
And combining the Disability Insurance Trust Fund with the Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund to help senior citizens and persons with disabilities.

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Whether you’re retired or approaching retirement, our team of experts in the field of Social Security policy is available to answer your questions about benefits.

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If I apply for disability and become approved, will this affect my husband's check and what about our son's check?

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Outrage Pours in After House GOP Approves 'One of the Most Catastrophic Bills Passed in Modern History' ( [link removed] )

"In enacting President Trump’s ‘Unfair, Ugly Bill,’ House Republicans have voted to rip health coverage away from as many as 16 million Americans and food assistance from millions more," said Max Richtman, President & CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. (July 3, 2025, Common Dreams, Common Dreams staff)

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‘Put His Name on Everything’: Why the Social Security Admin Shared Trump Propaganda ( [link removed] )

During Trump’s second term, his administration has turned the Social Security Administration into a propaganda tool to falsely promote his “Big Beautiful Bill,” which actually accelerates Social Security insolvency and cuts vital services, all while misleading the public with partisan messaging and neglecting a growing crisis in benefits access. (July 5, 2025, Rolling Stone, Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng)

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Why The SSA's Big Beautiful Bill Statement Jeopardizes The Agency's Trust ( [link removed] )

An email from the Social Security Administration praising Trump's spending bill has sparked backlash for promoting what critics call misleading claims and partisan messaging. (July 7, 2025, Forbes, Teresa Ghilarducci)

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Social Security call wait times can exceed 3 hours after DOGE cuts ( [link removed] )

The effects of federal funding cuts impacting the Social Security Administration have begun filtering into Southern Nevada, extending telephone wait times on its main 800 telephone line and at the toll-free extensions of its field offices in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. (July 2, 2025, KLAS-TV, Kyle J. Paine)

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Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals ( [link removed] )

President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide care to them. (Updated July 2, 2025, CNBC, Annika Kim Constantino)

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Wyden, Warren, Gillibrand, and Sanders Demand Answers on Reckless Rollout of AI Tools at Social Security ( [link removed] )

Senators Wyden, Warren, Sanders, and Gillibrand are demanding answers from the Trump administration for secretly deploying AI in Social Security phone systems that have blocked access to benefits without informing Congress or the public. (July 1, 2025, Senate.gov, Press Release)

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