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. Cory Mills (R-FL-7) 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. Mills 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. Cory Mills 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-Mills 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. Mills putting so many Florida 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: FLORIDIANS CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING MORE OR FOREGOING HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
- An estimated 311,462 Floridians have already lost their Medicaid, CHIP, or ACA coverage after Republicans gutted health care.
- 1,500,000 Floridians total are anticipated to lose their health care between 2025 and 2034.
- Premiums for Floridians receiving ACA tax credits increased by an average of 196% this year:
- A 45-year-old in Florida making $64,000 saw their average annual premium costs rise by $3,821 to hit $9,261 this year.
- A 60-year-old couple in Florida making $85,000 saw their average annual premium costs rise by $27,586 to hit $34,811 this year.
- A family of four in Florida making $130,000 saw their average annual premium costs rise by $15,154to hit $26,204 this year.
- Now, thanks to Republicans gutting the premium tax credits and hiking Floridians’ premiums, providers in Florida will lose an additional $6.7 billion in funding and face a 18.1% spike in uncompensated care demand.
- Florida hospitals alone are expected to lose nearly just under $12 billion annually. 11 Florida health care providers are at-risk, announced cuts, are closing, or have closed, including:
- AT-RISK: Lakeside Medical Center
- CUTS ANNOUNCED: Sanitas Medical Center
- CLOSURE ANNOUNCED: miCare Clinic
- CLOSURE ANNOUNCED: Planned Parenthood – Gainesville Health Center
- CLOSURE ANNOUNCED: Jupiter Medical Center – Pediatric Unit
- WARD CLOSED: UF Health Leesburg Hospital – Labor & Delivery Unit
- WARD CLOSED: Jackson South Medical Center Labor & Delivery Unit
- FACILITY CLOSED: Walking Urgent Care Coral Springs Clinic
- FACILITY CLOSED: Planned Parenthood – Lakeland Health Center
- FACILITY CLOSED: Osprey PolyClinic
- FACILITY CLOSED: Connolly Dermatology – Miami Beach
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