Stop the Healthcare Heist

The GOP tax law is a healthcare heist. H.R. 1 terminates coverage for 15 million people and raises prices for 22 million others.

Vision

Vision

Americans deserve guaranteed affordable healthcare. . We’re fed up with corporate profiteering that’s made healthcare so expensive for everyone, and are desperate for Congress to stand up to health insurance companies to lower costs and expand care. Instead, Republicans in Congress gutted Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) just to give tax cuts to the same CEOs responsible for ripping us all off. 

Right now, American families are getting squeezed by grocery, housing, and utility bills, and healthcare costs are spiraling out of control. The last thing we can afford is even higher healthcare costs. No one should have to choose between putting food on the table and affording the care and medications they need to survive. But that’s the impossible choice facing millions of people because Republicans in Congress chose to protect private wealth over public health. 

Republicans’ tax law put corporate profits over patients, and Americans are suffering the consequences as a result. So far, the law has hurt millions of families by letting ACA costs skyrocket, and the devastation of Medicaid cuts is only just starting to kick in. As more people start to feel the pain of a worse and more expensive healthcare system, it’s on us to join together and demand leaders put people over profits.

A better healthcare system isn’t just possible. It’s within our reach if we fight together now.

Challenge

Challenge

H.R. 1, the Republican tax bill passed in July 2025, made the largest-ever cut to healthcare in U.S. history. The impacts are massive and devastating. Millions of families will lose health coverage entirely over the next several years, and the ones who manage to keep it will have to pay even more than they already do. Hundreds of hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes across the country will be forced to close or cut essential services, as some already have, especially in rural areas. Emergency rooms are becoming primary care centers for the uninsured, increasing wait times for everybody. Over a million jobs will be lost nationwide over the next decade. As the whole healthcare system gets more expensive, even healthy Americans with employer-sponsored insurance will feel the pain, as insurance companies  pass the buck for higher prices onto them, and employers take more out of paychecks to cover costs.  

Many of these impacts are yet to come, but others are hitting our healthcare system – and our wallets – right now.

On January 1, 2026, millions of small business owners, self-employed folks, and working families who rely on the ACA to get their health coverage started paying double or even triple for their premiums, because H.R. 1 failed to extend ACA tax credits that lower the cost of coverage, resulting in massive premium spikes for over 22 million Americans insured through the ACA.

Republicans had months and many chances to work with Democrats to prevent that sticker shock, but they refused. Now, they’re doubling down on Medicaid cuts that will turn an existing public health crisis into an all-out catastrophe.

Fortunately, the future isn’t set in stone. It’s time to put the pressure on Congress to stop the healthcare heist and finally deliver guaranteed affordable healthcare. What they must do first is reverse the cuts NOW.

What We Do

What We Can Do

To get Congress to reverse the cuts, stand up to corporate greed, and move us toward a  guaranteed affordable healthcare system, they need to hear us loud and clear. Whether you’re part of a grassroots organization or wanting to fight back on your own, there are many ways to make your voice heard.

Share stories from folks whose premiums have skyrocketed or are worried about losing healthcare directly with your members of Congress, online, and at events. Host a press conference with storytellers and supporters outside the office of your member of Congress. Convene a roundtable with small business owners. Organize a call-in day to your lawmakers. Talk about the issue on social media and tag your representatives.  Use the resources above to find out how the healthcare heist will impact you and plan your actions. 

The National Week of Action is a critical time to take action and to tell the stories of the real-life impacts of the Republican cuts to healthcare.

Want to stop the healthcare heist but don’t know where to start? Reach out to [email protected] for guidance and more information.

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