On Monday, May 12, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee released its plan to cut Medicaid by over $700 billion. Debate on the bill begins Tuesday, May 13 — the next step that would take health insurance coverage away from 8.6 million people. Three members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation sit on the committee: Reps. Frank Pallone (D), Robert Menendez, Jr. (D), and Thomas Kean, Jr. (R).
In response, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) issues the following statement.
Brittany Holom-Trundy, Senior Policy Analyst, NJPP:
“The House plan to cut Medicaid would strip hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans of their health insurance and roll back more than a decade of progress in making health care more affordable.
“Whether through block grants, work requirements, or other means, the outcome is the same: 8.6 million Americans would lose their insurance — including nearly 200,000 New Jerseyans, if cuts are distributed evenly across the states.
“These cuts are a direct attack on the health and well-being of families working hard to make ends meet.
“New Jersey cannot afford to reverse its successful, bipartisan Medicaid expansion just to pay for more tax breaks for billionaires and large corporations.”
For more on how proposed Medicaid cuts would harm New Jersey, read NJPP’s March publication on the impact of work requirements.
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