Washington, D.C. – A bombshell new report found that five million Americans and counting have lost their health coverage in the year since Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress like U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15) passed the largest health care cuts in history under the Big Ugly Bill. These Republicans made a choice to gut over $1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations — and all they have to show for it is a sicker nation and the highest inflation in three years.
The sobering milestone of five million Americans joining the ranks of the uninsured is just the latest human toll of the Big Ugly Bill. After Trump and Rep. De La Cruz chose to rip away tax credits from working families, health insurance premiums more than doubled on average. More than 1,000 hospitals, clinics, and essential providers have closed, are at risk of closure, or have cut essential services. And a new poll found more than half of Americans have made sacrifices to deal with high health care costs over the past year, like delaying or avoiding going to the doctor’s office, or taking on medical or credit card debt.
“Rep. Monica De La Cruz helped manufacture the Republican health care affordability crisis that’s left over five million Americans without coverage and counting,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of Save My Care. “We were promised the Trump- De La Cruz Big Ugly Bill would give us the best economy ever by throwing more tax breaks at price-gouging corporations and Trump’s billionaire donors. Instead, it’s done nothing but make historically bad new problems from doubled premiums, mass hospital closures, higher inflation, and millions more denials of care for working people. Trillionaire Elon Musk may be laughing about getting another tax break, but there’s nothing funny about Rep. De La Cruz putting so many Texas families in a financial bind under the largest health care cuts in U.S. history. All those now making hard choices like not seeing a doctor when needed or going into deep medical debt have Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress to thank.”
BY THE NUMBERS: TEXANS CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING MORE OR FOREGOING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
- An estimated 185,354 Texans have already lost their Medicaid and CHIP coverage after Republicans gutted health care.
- 1,400,000 Texans total are anticipated to lose their health care between 2025 and 2034.
- Premiums for Texans receiving ACA tax credits increased by an average of 139% this year:
- A 45-year-old in Texas making $64,000 saw their average annual premium costs rise by $3,522 to hit $8,962 this year.
- A 60-year-old couple in Texas making $85,000 saw their average annual premium costs rise by $26,464 to hit $33,689 this year.
- A family of four in Texas making $130,000 saw their average annual premium costs rise by $14,310to hit $25,360 this year.
- Now, thanks to Republicans gutting the premium tax credits and hiking Texans’ premiums, providers in Texas will lose an additional $10.2 billion in funding and face a 22.4% spike in uncompensated care demand.
- Texas hospitals alone are expected to lose nearly just under $20.6 billion annually. 32 Texas health care providers are at-risk, announced cuts, are closing, or have closed, including:
- AT-RISK: Anson General Hospital
- AT-RISK: Scenic Mountain Medical Center
- AT-RISK: TMC Bonham Hospital
- AT-RISK: Mitchell County Hospital
- AT-RISK: Val Verde Regional Medical Center
- AT-RISK: El Campo Memorial Hospital
- AT-RISK: Haskell Memorial Hospital
- AT-RISK: Gateway Community Health Center
- AT-RISK: Covenant Hospital Levelland
- AT-RISK: Mid Coast Medical Center-Central
- AT-RISK: Baylor Scott & White – Marble Falls
- AT-RISK: Falls Community Hospital And Clinic
- AT-RISK: Palacios Community Medical Center
- AT-RISK: Covenant Hospital Plainview
- AT-RISK: Memorial Medical Center
- AT-RISK: Ascension Seton Smithville
- AT-RISK: North Runnels Hospital District
- CUTS ANNOUNCED: Laurel Ridge Treatment Center
- CUTS ANNOUNCED: BSA Health System
- CLOSURE ANNOUNCED: North Heights Medical Clinic
- CLOSURE ANNOUNCED: SAFE’s Eloise House – Forensic Exam Services
- CLOSURE ANNOUNCED: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Lakeway Labor & Delivery
- WARD CLOSED: Medical Center of Southeast Texas – Labor & Delivery
- FACILITY CLOSED: Allegiance Care
- FACILITY CLOSED: Hunt Regional Emergency Medical Center at Commerce
- FACILITY CLOSED: Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast – Prevention Park
- FACILITY CLOSED: Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast – Southwest
- FACILITY CLOSED: University Place Skilled Nursing Facility
- FACILITY CLOSED: WellMed at Kingsville
- FACILITY CLOSED: Hunt Regional Emergency Medical Center at Quinlan
- FACILITY CLOSED: Cottonwood Creek Healthcare Community
- HOSPITAL CLOSED: Kell West Regional Hospital
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