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These 15 Congressional Districts Would See Large Medicaid Funding Losses Under Republican House Budget Resolution [1]
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Date: 2025-02
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Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cover essential, lifesaving health care for nearly 1 in 4 Americans—including low-income individuals and families; pregnant women; seniors; and people with disabilities. For the nearly 80 million people* covered by Medicaid or CHIP, those programs mean being able to see a doctor when they are sick; obtain the medication that they need; or afford home-based care or nursing home services near the end of life.
The Republican House budget resolution currently under consideration instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut at least $880 billion in costs through 2034. Based on previous proposals from House Budget Committee Republican leadership, these cuts are widely anticipated to come from the Medicaid program.
A new analysis from the Center for American Progress explores the potential reach of these cuts by congressional district. The analysis shows potential federal funding losses by district if the $880 billion in cuts were to be proportional to current Medicaid and CHIP enrollment using 2023 American Community Survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau. On average, each congressional district would lose $2 billion in federal funding over nine years.
The 15 congressional districts highlighted in Table 1 below could see especially high losses, totaling nearly $34 billion in federal funding.
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