One Year Later, Health Coverage Is Harder to Get—and Easier to Lose
Media Contact: Lisa McDonald, Vice President of Communications, 202-207-2829
Washington, DC – One year after the enactment of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the National Consumers League (NCL) warns that millions of Americans will face new barriers to obtaining and maintaining Medicaid coverage.
“Healthcare is not a privilege reserved for those who can successfully navigate an increasingly complicated bureaucracy—it is a necessity every person should be able to count on,” said NCL CEO Sally Greenberg. “No family should lose coverage because they struggled to navigate red tape or complete confusing forms required to document work hours. Yet these policies move us further away from a healthcare system that puts patients first.”
Compounding these challenges, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued an interim final rule this month that will place additional barriers on patients, including those with serious illnesses, from enrolling in and maintaining Medicaid coverage.
“At a time when healthcare costs continue to rise, Greenberg concluded, the answer cannot be to make health insurance harder to get or easier to lose. Consumers deserve a healthcare system that works for them, not against them.”
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About the National Consumers League (NCL)
The National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America’s pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.nclnet.org.
