Passage of Reconciliation Budget Bill in the U.S. Senate would lead to cuts in Medicaid of over $940 billion and $300 billion in funds for SNAP greatly impacting California
The U.S. Senate bill passed today would cut Medicaid, Medicare and the ACA Marketplace by more than $1.1 trillion, $1 trillion coming from Medicate. Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (61533-hr0001-Sen-2025Recon-BEB.xlsx) indicate that at least 11.8 million people will lose healthcare and the $300 billion in cuts to food aid will lead to a loss of food assistance for approximately 5 million people.
Per a statement by Aaron Carruthers, the Executive Director of the California State Council on Developmental Disabilities, “It will cost California in lost health and long term-care jobs, closed hospitals and clinics, and unpaid caregivers leaving the workforce to fill what gaps they can. . . The bill means less federal money to the promise to support expensive health care that we need,” said Carruthers. “With cuts this large, there is no safe harbor. Everyone will be impacted either directly or indirectly.”
