ICYMI: Congressman Boyle, Rep. Bellmon Announce Legislation Fighting Back Against Health Care Cuts in Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG, PA - Today, U.S. Rep. Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the US House Budget Committee, and state Rep. Anthony Bellmon (D-Phila.) held a news conference at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to announce new legislation and a joint effort to stop the Trump administration's Medicaid cuts from hurting Pennsylvanians.

In 2025, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress passed Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill Act," which implements over $1 trillion in cuts from Medicaid and other safety-net programs. Pennsylvania is expected to lose over 300,000 people's Medicaid coverage.

With these Medicaid cuts set to begin at the end of this year, Boyle and Bellmon announced legislation they are introducing in both the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives.

As the top Democrat on the US House Budget Committee, Boyle also announced new federal legislation to reverse these devastating Medicaid cuts.

"300,000 Pennsylvanians are projected to lose their health care," said Congressman Boyle. "My bill very simply would say these Medicaid cuts do not take effect in December.  We need to act to prevent them, and we need to act now."

Both Rep. Boyle and Rep. Bellmon announced legislation urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to work with states to issue operational guidance on the impending Medicaid cuts.

"As public servants, it is our duty to ensure that the most vulnerable of those we represent have access to basic necessities like healthcare," state Rep. Bellmon said. "What Republicans in Congress are doing is not governance, it is malice that will be devastating for so many Pennsylvanians. If Pennsylvania is to adhere to this harmful law, we need to be able to communicate it and help those who are affected."

In Pennsylvania, there are three million people enrolled in Medicaid. Of those three million people:

• 750,000 have Medicaid coverage because of Medicaid expansion acts
• 1.3 million are children
• 423,276 are individuals living with a disability
• 312,000 are seniors age 65 and older, many in nursing homes
• Almost 10,000 are veterans

Every year in Pennsylvania, Medicaid covers:

• More than 175,000 Pennsylvanians who receive treatment for a substance use disorder
• Over 200,000 people who receive treatment for diabetes
• Nearly 44,000 seniors and people with disabilities in Pennsylvania who receive care in their home or community instead of in a nursing facility
• More than 45,000 births across the Commonwealth
• More than 61,000 people who need treatment for heart failure

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