2025 Expected Medicaid Cuts: What You Need to Know

As lawmakers consider drastic cuts to Medicaid, Hillsdale Hospital is calling for immediate action to protect this essential program. Medicaid provides critical healthcare services to more than 2.6 million Michigan residents, including thousands within Hillsdale.

After passing the Energy & Commerce Committee, the bill went on to be passed by the House Budget Committee, and now, it will go on to the Senate for debate. While the bill no longer uses the federal matching rate (FMAP) and per capita caps to achieve its required savings, $880 billion will still be cut from the program through work requirements and provider tax restrictions. If you want to learn more about how these changes will affect our hospital and national healthcare system, listen to our latest news updates on Rural Health Today.

We invite our community to use this page as a dashboard for the latest news and reports on this issue.

Title IV Energy and Commerce Budget Plan 

This budget plan to reduce spending in the Energy & Commerce Committee budget lays out the plans to implement Medicaid cuts.
May 11, 2025

Committee Print: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025

Work Requirements & Eligibility Checks

USA Today reports on the GOP Medicaid proposal to enact work requirements and eligibility checks.
May 12, 2025

House GOP Medicaid proposal sets work requirements and a showdown with fiscal hawks

Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act

U.S. Representative Emilia Sykes (OH-13) co-sponsored this act and signed a discharge petition for the House Floor to vote on the bill.
May 7, 2025

Rep. Sykes Signs Discharge Petition to Compel Vote on Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act

Medicaid & Mental Health 

Read an article from KFF Health News to learn how mental health units rely on Medicaid.
May 12, 2025

Medicaid Payments Barely Keep Hospital Mental Health Units Afloat. Federal Cuts Could Sink Them.

How Medicaid Cuts will Impact Medicare

Download a fact sheet created by Justice in Aging, Medicare Rights Center, Center for Medicare Advocacy and Community Catalyst.
February, 2025

Fact Sheet: A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Care

How Medicaid Cuts Could Impact Economic Activity

Read an issue brief from The Commonwealth Fund on the economic implications of Medicaid cuts.
March 25, 2025

The Commonwealth Fund Issue on Medicaid Cuts

What can you do?

Raise your voice to help us express our concern with cuts to Medicaid. Here’s what you can do to make a difference…

Contact Your Representatives

Visit mha.org or ruralhealth.us to send a pre-written or custom message to your representatives. You can also find your legislator at fiscalnote.com/find-your-legislator and call or email to express your concerns.

Stay Up To Date

As with many legislative issues, we don’t always know when we will receive updates regarding Congressional action. We will update this dashboard as frequently as possible and continue to share resources and stories on our social media platforms. Staying up to date on the latest reports and news items equips us to address misconceptions surrounding Medicaid recipients and the damaging impact of cuts.

Share Your Story

If you have a story to tell about how Medicaid has assisted you or a loved one, we want to help you share that story. Submit the form below or reach out directly to Communications Manager Kyrsten Newlon at knewlon@hillsdalehospital.com.

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