U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison Introduces Bill to Reverse Trump’s Medicaid Cuts and Stop Insurance Premium Hikes

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison (MN-03) joined her colleagues in introducing the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025, which would reverse the devastating health care cuts that Republicans and President Trump enacted in their "One Big Beautiful Bill" and extend the ACA tax credits that are set to expire at the end of this year, which will cause health insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans to spike, some by as much as 218%.

As a doctor for more than 20 years, Rep. Morrison has been fiercely opposed to the Republicans' dangerous budget which enacted the single largest cut to Medicaid in our nation's history and poses a catastrophic threat to health care in our nation: kicking almost 17 million Americans off their health insurance and forcing hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes to close.

In Minnesota, more than 1.4 million Minnesotans get their health care coverage through Medicaid (called Medical Assistance in Minnesota) and hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces. It has already been reported that the Republicans' budget will force hospitals to close in Minnesota and across the country, will cut hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans from Medicaid coverage, and will increase health insurance premiums for thousands of Minnesotans in 2026.

Since Republicans have refused to renew the ACA tax credits that allow millions of Americans to afford and access health care, Rep. Morrison is co-sponsoring the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 to permanently extend the ACA tax credits, reverse the Medicaid cuts, and prevent Minnesotans from losing health insurance.

Watch a video of Rep. Morrison's remarks HERE.

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Read Rep. Morrison's full remarks below:

Good morning,

Thank you, Rep. Gray, for hosting us here this morning and for your leadership on this important issue.

I'm Kelly Morrison - I represent Minnesota's Third District in Congress and have had the honor and privilege of caring for patients in Minnesota as an OB-GYN for more than 20 years.

And I think about my patients every single day that I'm here in Congress.

And wow, I have a lot of reasons to be thinking about them even more this year.

Because what Republicans have done with their total majority control of the United States government is to put health care out of reach for as many people as possible.

From making the single largest cut to health care in our nation's history with their cruelly named "One Big Beautiful Bill," to kicking millions of Americans off their health insurance, to now jacking health insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans across the country by triple digits. Literally as much as 218% by some estimates… this is their health care plan in action.

This is TrumpCare: Less access to care. Less affordable care. More chaos and confusion.

And as a doctor, I have to tell you I find this unconscionable.

Taking away people's health care… gutting Medicaid… skyrocketing premiums… pricing families out of coverage… these are horrible policies, and they also have extremely dangerous ripple effects that will affect all of us.

I've spent a lot of time this year meeting with patients, health care providers, hospitals, clinics - and they're saying the same thing we're hearing from everyone across the country: they are terrified.

What the Republicans have done with their "One Big Beautiful Bill" will mean that hospitals and clinics will be forced to close. Others will be forced to reduce services.

And what I always remind people is: it doesn't matter if you have Medicaid or not - the Republicans' cuts to health care will affect you, they will hurt you too.

It will hurt everyone.

Because it doesn't matter what insurance you have if your local hospital or clinic no longer exists.

And the Republicans' health care plan will force families to lose their health care coverage.

Which means those families will seek less care.

That they won't be able to afford their medications.

And even if you don't personally lose your health insurance - increased uninsured rates will hurt you too.

Because it'll mean a spike of ER visits and longer wait times.

It'll mean more uncompensated care and more unworkable burdens on our hospitals.

This will only make our country sicker and worse off.

And just to take a step back… making more people in this country uninsured? What are we doing? What are we doing?

Nobody wants this. The only reason we're in this position is because Republicans chose to give tax cuts for billionaires over Americans' health care.

It is unconscionable. It's frankly immoral.

That's why I'm standing here with my colleagues - with my patients ever on my mind - demanding that we reverse these devastating cuts to Medicaid and permanently extend the ACA premium tax credits.

That's what the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 does.

It's honestly the bare minimum of what we should be doing in Congress to address the health care affordability and accessibility crisis in our country.

Democrats were united in opposing these cuts in the first place - and now we call on every Republican to listen to what patients, health care providers, hospitals, and clinics across this country are saying and deliver for the American people.

This should be a no-brainer.

It's what the American people need and deserve.

They must do the right thing and put the American people's health first.

Thank you.

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