The Center for Medicare Advocacy is closely monitoring updates on the reconciliation bill being negotiated by Congress, which takes aim at Medicaid and Medicare and would harm millions of older adults, people with disabilities and their families. Earlier this week, the Senate Finance Committee released its text of the reconciliation bill. The text makes significant changes that would compound the harm in the version that passed the House last month (see KFF’s side by side analysis of health provisions below). NOW is the time to push back on these cruel cuts to health care that will devastate older adults, people with disabilities, caregivers, families, hospitals, and communities across the country.
Resources to guide advocates and beneficiaries in fighting back:
- CMA Alert regarding a Medicare provision
- KFF: Tracking the Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill | KFF
- Analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO): Distributional Effects of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Analysis of the impact on rural hospitals:
- CBPP: Workers in Broad Range of Occupations at Risk of Having Their Coverage Taken Away by Medicaid Work Requirements
- Small Business Owner Survey: Healthcare Costs | Small Business Advocacy
- NAELA: Letter on Budget Reconciliation June 2025
- National Health Law Program: Top 10 Ways the House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Harm People with Disabilities
- National Health Law Program: Top 10 Reasons Why the Senate Finance Committee’s Reconciliation Bill Is Worse than the House-passed Bill Regarding Health Coverage
- Families USA: Section-by-Section Comparison and Summaries of Health Care Provisions of House and Senate Versions of “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
June 16, 2025 – K. Kertesz