Congress Advancing Budget Reconciliation Bill with Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP

This week, the House plans to vote on the Budget Reconciliation Bill - a.k.a. “Big Beautiful Bill”. At 1:00 a.m. tonight, the House Rules Committee will take up the latest version, make some adjustments, and then advance it for consideration by the full House. 

Please take a moment to contact your congressional representatives in Washington D.C. to oppose the bill’s $715 billion cuts to Medicaid, $290 billion cuts to SNAP (food benefits) and increasing the numbers of uninsured Americans by 8.7 million by removing people from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage. It is also a great concern the bill pushes additional costs and administrative burdens to the states without adding federal funds to cover those new duties. Work requirements are being spread across Medicaid, TANF, SNAP, and even ACA insurance and experience indicates that whether or not people are able to meet the work requirements, the administrative reporting requirements will likely push people off of their coverage when they fail to meet all of those requirements. All of these concerns add up to more barriers to care for people who live with mental health and substance use issues.

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Use the NAMI advocacy link to express your opposition to these Medicaid changes: