Blue Ball, DE #022

Sep 29, 2025 | Postscape #022

The proposed 2025 healthcare cuts, as outlined in the one big beautiful bill, were a massive shift. It boils down to two things: Medicaid and public health.

The biggest target, Medicaid,-the safety net for the poor, the elderly, and the disabled-aimed at slashing over $1 trillion primarily by introducing work requirements, making it harder for eligible people to get healthcare.

Then you have the public health agencies like the CDC and the NIH, lined up for cuts, cutting disease prevention programs.

On top of that, they allowed enhanced subsidies for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace to expire, leaving millions facing rising premiums and dropping coverage.

It’s about “eliminating waste,” but results in fewer insured, less research funding, and states left scrambling to pick up costs. It’s a huge burden shift from Washington onto the states, creating more problems than it solves. Get ready for a higher uninsured rate and more hospital closures.

SOURCES

https://equitashealth.com/blog/equitas-health-responds-to-1bbbs-unprecedented-cuts-to-medicaid-and-americas-healthcare-safety-net/

https://globalbiodefense.com/2025/07/28/nih-budget-cuts-public-health-biomedical-research-crisis/