Statement: House Republicans’ Budget Plan Sets Stage for Largest Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP in Programs’ Histories
Originally published at Pennsylvania Policy Center on May 22, 2025. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2025 Contact: Levana Layendecker, layendecker@pennpolicy.org House Republicans’ Budget Plan Sets Stage for Largest Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP in Programs’ Histories Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – Early this morning, the House passed the budget reconciliation bill containing deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. “Almost every step towards the passage of the huge, ugly reconciliation bill has taken place in the middle of the night,” says Marc Stier, the executive director of Pennsylvania Policy Center. “Why? Because the more people know about its provisions, the more horrified they are by it. The changes made this week make it even worse. Extremist Republicans demanded deeper cuts to Medicaid and further tax breaks for the rich. They got them. The so-called moderates who said they would protect Medicaid folded.” The result is a… Continue reading