Washington, D.C. – Today, Donald Trump released his budget request for fiscal year 2027, which doubles down on health care cuts to boost military spending by a staggering 44 percent. After slashing more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and ripping away health care tax credits from more than 22 million people, Trump is pursuing even more health care cuts to continue his deeply unpopular agenda of funding tax breaks for billionaires, his wars, and ICE.
Trump’s budget makes clear that Trump has no intention of helping the working people who are suffering after Republicans slashed American health care is in crisis: millions of families are losing coverage, costs are skyrocketing, and over 800 hospitals, clinics, and other providers are closing their doors, cutting services, or are at risk of doing so.
In response, Protect Our Care Chair Leslie Dach issued the following statement:
“Donald Trump’s budget is a disaster for the millions of families already reeling from Republican policies. It doubles down on the same failed GOP priorities: lining the pockets of billionaires, funding unnecessary wars, and leaving families to shoulder the fallout. Parents are being forced to skip medications, delay doctor visits, and downgrade coverage, and still, Trump offers no relief, no plan, no answers. Trump isn’t lifting a finger to help the Americans being crushed under the consequences of his own health care attacks, and the entire Republican party will pay at the ballot box in November.”
BACKGROUND:
While millions of Americans are staring down doubling and tripling premiums, losing their health coverage, and paying more to see the doctor, Trump is proposing cutting health care for:
- A staggering half a trillion increase in Department of Defense Spending
- A $10 billion increase in funding for ICE
Trump’s FY 2027 Proposed Health Care Cuts:
- Overall $15.4 billion cut (12.2% decrease in discretionary funding) to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, including:
- $5 billion cut (~10%) to lifesaving research and drug development at the National Institutes of Health and complete elimination of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- $5 billion in cuts to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) programs
- $356 million cut (~10%) cut to the Agency for Strategic Preparedness and Response, which maintains our national stockpile of drugs and medical supplies and helps hospitals prepare to handle pandemics
- $129 million cut (37%) to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, which focuses on improving health outcomes and patient safety
- $5 billion cut (~10%) to lifesaving research and drug development at the National Institutes of Health and complete elimination of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities