June 20, 2025

New Report Shows How Medicaid Cuts Will Increase Cost of Healthcare for All Americans

A new AFL-CIO report finds that Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, which includes major Medicaid cuts, will increase healthcare costs — for everyone.

If the bill passes, 179 million workers with job-based insurance could see an increase in premiums by almost $500 a year for each covered individual. Sixteen million Americans could lose their healthcare coverage and over 600,000 front-line health care workers would be fired. More than 330 rural hospitals across the country would have to close as a result of this bill, eliminating those communities’ access to care.

“This budget reconciliation bill makes it seem like cutting Medicaid is going to save taxpayers money when it’s really going to cost all of us more—all to give tax breaks to the rich,” said AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. “We’re not going to let the Republican-controlled Congress make our healthcare more expensive and less accessible for working people.”

“This new report confirms what we already knew. The Senate budget plan is just as cruel and devastating as the House version. It will gut Medicare, Medicaid, and food assistance – and still increase the federal deficit – so Republicans can give more tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans,” said Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance. “We must send a loud and clear message that this cannot stand.”

ACTION NEEDED: Click here to tell your senators to vote against the budget proposal when it comes to the floor.

This was originally published in the June 20, 2025 edition of the Friday Alert. Read the full length version and see other Friday Alert editions here.