The Republican Health Care Agenda Hurts Children
New Finance Committee Analysis Shows Historic Cuts To Health Care, Food Assistance, Education, And Child Welfare Programs
Washington, D.C. – Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a new analysis outlining the extensive harm the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are inflicting on millions of children nationwide. The report details how Republican actions are reducing access to health care, slashing food assistance, weakening education and child welfare systems, and advancing immigration policies that traumatize vulnerable families.
“Despite empty promises to the contrary, Trump’s agenda is going to leave kids in America sicker, hungrier and less safe,” Wyden said. “By making the largest cuts to health care and food assistance in the nation’s history, Donald Trump and Republicans have left children and their families poorer and worse off in ways that will be felt for generations.
The report explains how the Republican agenda has cut more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, threatening coverage for children who rely on them for affordable health care. The analysis highlights how children’s hospitals are expected to lose billions in funding and how families will face higher premiums, new bureaucratic hurdles, and a greater risk of losing coverage altogether. It also documents unprecedented cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and related nutrition supports, including reductions that will affect more than 16 million children.
The report builds on previous work by Wyden to expose how the Trump-Republican agenda is leaving America less healthy. Last month, Wyden revealed how Trump Administration policies and the reconciliation bill will harm Americans with cancer. Earlier this month, Wyden exposed how health care providers across the country are slashing jobs and closing their doors on account of the Republican cuts.
The full report can be found here.
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