Tell Congress: Medicaid Cuts Are Not Our Priorities

They’re not balancing the budget—they’re shifting the burden. Our backs are already breaking. It’s time to say no.

If we’re “so broke we have to cut Medicaid and fire federal workers,” history shows that big tax cuts—especially for the wealthy—are a poor solution.

We’ve tried this before.

📉 The Reagan tax cuts in the 1980s and the Bush tax cuts in the early 2000s didn’t pay for themselves—they ballooned the national debt.

📉 The Trump tax cuts in 2017 promised growth, but they mostly benefited the wealthy and added nearly $2 trillion to the deficit.

Now, with the “One Big Beautiful Bill”, Congress is at it again—projected to add $3.8 trillion to the national debt while proposing work requirements for Medicaid that could cost 7.7 million people their coverage (CBO report).

And who benefits from all this?

The top 1% of earners, again—while lower-income families face benefit cuts and

stagnant wages. Meanwhile, states are left trying to administer complex work-reporting systems that have historically failed, like in Arkansas, where 17,000 people lost coverage mostly due to paperwork.

The bottom line? These …