70 Million Americans Face Loss of Healthcare as Congress Proposes $800 Billion Cut to Medicaid

Was Live Friday, Mar 21, 2025 | 11am PST

Related Coverage

• Story | With Largest-Ever Medicaid Cuts, 79 Million Americans Face Health Care Loss
• Playlist | Highlights from this Briefing

Guest Speakers

• Joan Alker, Executive Director of the Center for Children and Families and Research and Professor at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy Foundation
• Stan Dorn, Director of the Health Policy Project at UnidosUS
• Joanne Preece, Director, Government and External Affairs, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
• Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Families USA

Event Overview

The House last month proposed an $800 Billion slash to the Medicaid budget, the largest cut in the history of the program. The Senate is poised to consider a similar measure in April. 

The proposed cuts would disproportionately impact Latino and Black families. More than 20 million Latinos, 13 million Black people, and 3.5 million Asian Americans rely on Medicaid. 31 million children are also covered by Medicaid, through the Children’s Health Insurance Program. In California, Medicaid is known as MediCal.

Speakers this week will discuss the proposed cuts and its impact on low-income working families, children and the elderly.

Presented by Ethnic Media Services

Cover Image Credit: Canva Photos