Over the past week, health care advocates and everyday Americans in Alaska, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, and West Virginia have been sounding the alarm over the tax bill their Republican Senators are racing to pass. The bill would kick millions off their health care by making the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act in history, all so Trump and the GOP can give tax breaks to big corporations and the wealthy. Millions of children and people with disabilities would lose coverage, seniors would be forced to leave their nursing homes, and people with cancer or serious medical conditions would lose lifesaving care. In rural states like these, Republican cuts would force hospitals to shut down, costing jobs and crippling local economies. Poll after poll shows that Americans across the political spectrum overwhelmingly disapprove of this bill. Now it’s on GOP Senators like Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Thom Tillis, and Josh Hawley to listen to the outcry from their constituents, and reject this devastating bill.
ALASKA
- Anchorage Daily News: Opinion from State Representative Mina: Alaskans Will Lose Under Proposed SNAP and Medicaid Cuts
- Anchorage Daily News: Opinion: As An Anchorage Pediatrician, I See Every Day How the Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt Alaska Kids
- KBBI Homer: Homer Residents Protest Proposed Medicaid Cuts
- KHNS Radio: Klukwan Teen Says Medicaid Gives Him the Resources to Live His Life
- Anchorage Daily News: We’re Alaska Health Care Providers. Defunding Planned Parenthood Through Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Our Patients And Our Clinics.
- Wasilla Frontiersman: Caregivers, Families Rally Against Proposed Medicaid Cuts In Wasilla
MAINE
- Portland Press Herald: Maine’s Hospitals Say They’re Under Threat by Proposed Medicaid Cuts
- Bangor Daily News: Opinion: Rural Maine Can’t Afford Hospital Losses That Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Bring (paywalled, the full text is viewable here)
MISSOURI
- KRCG: Missouri Officials Sound the Alarm on Medicaid Cuts
- St. Louis Dispatch: Missouri Health Providers And Advocates Raise Alarms Ahead Of Vote On ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill
- Missouri Independent: Federal Spending Bill Could Be ‘Devastating’ For Missouri Medicaid Patients, Rural Hospitals
- Krcg (CBS Columbia): Missouri Rural Areas May Experience Hospital Closures, Economic Impacts From Medicaid Cuts
- Maryville Forum: Federal Spending Bill Could Be ‘Devastating’ For Missouri Medicaid Patients, Rural Hospitals
- Columbia Missourian: Proposed Cuts Could Impact Access To Medicaid And Rural Hospitals
- Ktvo (CBS Kirksville): Missouri Rural Areas May Experience Hospital Closures, Economic Impacts From Medicaid Cuts
NORTH CAROLINA
- NC Newsline: NC Democratic Lawmakers Decry Impact Of GOP Mega-Bill On Rural Health Care
- WRAZ: Congressman Davis And Senator Murdock To Discuss Possible Cuts To Medicaid
- WNCT: Congressman Davis Partners With Protect Our Care
- Wilson Times: Our Communities, Hospitals Can’t Afford To Lose Medicaid
WEST VIRGINIA
- WTAP: What Could The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Mean For West Virginians?
- Herald-Dispatch: Vigil Highlights Locals Concerns On Cuts To Medicaid
- WV Metro News: Hospital Reps: Rural Healthcare Providers Would Be At Risk Under ‘Big, Beautiful’ Provisions
- Charleston Gazette-Mail: Opinion from Brian McNicoll: Trump Must Find Other Places To Cut
- The Intermountain: Medicaid, SNAP A Focus Of Proposed Bill
- WV Watch: Medicaid Matters For Oral Health
- Gazette-Mail: 6 Arrested During Sit-In At Capito’s Office, Charleston, WV
- WV Watch: Six Arrested While Protesting Cuts To Medicaid, SNAP Outside Capito’s Charleston Office
- WCHS-TV: Six Charged With Trespassing While Protesting At Sen. Capito’s Charleston Office
- WV Watch: “Big, Beautiful Bill” Contains Severe Cuts To Programs For West Virginians With Disabilities
- WTRF: West Virginia Organizations Push Back Against Senate Plan To Cut Medicaid And SNAP
- WV Metronews: As ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Hits Home Stretch, Community Groups Urge Senators To Say ‘No’
- WVVA-TV: As Coal Miners Face Layoffs, Federal Cuts To Public Assistance Also Loom
- WV News: Gop Medicaid Cuts Threaten To Devastate Key Lifeline In West Virginia
- 12WBOY: Mountaineer Food Bank Says SNAP Changes Means 9.5 Billion Fewer Meals
- Logan Banner: Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Be Detrimental, Health Leader Says; 7 Rural WV Hospitals Would Close
- Appalachian Voices: Groups Urge Sens. Capito, Justice To Protect West Virginia