Alliance Implores Energy & Commerce Committee to Consider Fallout of Proposed Medicaid Cuts

If passed, at least 13.7 million Americans will lose benefits

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliance for Aging Research Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Government Relations Scott Frey released the following statement in response to the proposed legislation before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The mark-up process will begin May 13:

"Across every corner of our nation in recent weeks, a strong majority of Americans have voiced significant opposition to deep Medicaid cuts. Let there be no doubt that as the Energy and Commerce Committee proceeds to mark up, the combined impact of proposed legislation would mean deep benefit losses to millions of Medicaid beneficiaries, greater strains on state budgets which will only increase with time, and unnecessary burden on health care providers and the people they serve in communities both large and small. An initial CBO analysis of the budget reconciliation legislation indicates that at least 13.7 million Americans will fall out of insurance coverage if this plan is enacted. Further analysis predicts that the impact could be significantly worse, which is even more concerning.

Onerous new work requirements, new demands for cost sharing and eligibility re-determinations, suspension of provisions to ease the enrollment process, and new restrictions on states' ability to raise matching funds will drive millions of our most vulnerable and otherwise eligible patients out of less costly home and community-based care into nursing homes, and flood emergency rooms with uncompensated care.

We ask you to oppose this legislation.

As you consider your vote, we submit for your reflection the timeless floor statement of perhaps our nation's greatest champion for older Americans, the late Senator Claude D. Pepper (D-FL): "My colleagues, when you go home tonight and you close your eyes and you sleep and you ask, 'What have I done today to lighten the burden upon those who suffer,' at least you could say, 'I helped a little bit today; I voted to help those who needed help.'""

The Alliance for Aging Research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care. The Alliance strives for a culture that embraces healthy aging as a greater good and values science and investments to advance dignity, independence, and equity. For more than 35 years, the Alliance has guided efforts to substantially increase funding and focus for aging at the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration; built influential coalitions to guide groundbreaking regulatory improvements for age-related diseases; and created award-winning, high-impact educational materials to improve the health and well-being of older adults and their family caregivers. Learn more at AgingResearch.org.

Media contact: Katie Riley, Vice President of Communications, kriley@agingresearch.org

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