Medicaid recipients demand that Congress protect healthcare program
Source: The Guardian
Tue 8 Apr 2025 13.16 EDT
Last modified on Tue 8 Apr 2025 13.19 EDT
Medicaid recipients from 28 states marched on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to call on Congress to protect the health insurance program – a vital lifeline for millions of Americans – from Donald Trump and his Republican allies.
About 130 protesters from across the US held a rally outside the US Capitol building holding signs that said “Protect our lifelines, protect Medicaid and Snap” and “Benefits over billionaires”.
Medicaid is the largest healthcare program in the US, providing free or low-cost insurance for low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly people and people with disabilities. Snap provides crucial food benefits to low-income families.
As Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to move forward with Trump’s tax cuts, Democrats and public health advocates say their goal will be hard to reach without cutting deeply into Medicaid and Snap. Organisers said Medicaid recipients would be holding 90 meetings with both Democratic and Republican members of Congress or their staff on Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/medicaid-cuts-march-capitol-hill