This information is sourced from the AAPD Disability Policy Download (January/February 2025), which provides updates on key disability policy issues. For the full newsletter, click here.
On February 25, the House passed a budget resolution that, if finalized, would cut at least $880 billion from Medicaid.
The budget resolution sets guidelines for each committee in Congress to take actions that would allow Congress to pass a final budget that achieves the goals of Congress and the President. In this case, the budget directs the Energy and Commerce Committee to find a minimum of $880 billion to cuts from vital programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). President Trump’s legislative agenda includes a major expansion of tax cuts at the expense of vital programs like Medicaid funded Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS).
Since the budget resolution is only the first step in the budget reconciliation process, we do not yet know exactly how much Medicaid funding will be cut. We do know that any cuts to Medicaid will cause significant harm to Americans with disabilities.
AAPD is calling on people with disabilities and our allies to contact their members of Congress and tell them that any efforts to cut Medicaid, or make Medicaid harder to access through things like work requirements, are unacceptable. You can take this action easily with just a few clicks by using AAPD’s tool, linked here.
AAPD’s policy team is also meeting with Members on Capitol Hill to educate them about how proposed cuts will harm their disabled constituents who rely on Medicaid. Disabled people across the United States rely on Medicaid for healthcare, Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS), employment supports, and school-based services such as preventive health screenings and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.