Nearly 80 million people in the US rely on Medicaid, including over 28 million Latinos who depend on it and CHIP for healthcare. The US House of Representatives passed a budget bill that will cut Medicaid spending by $1.4 trillion over the next decade, affecting a significant portion of the Latine community. Advocacy groups are mobilizing to defend Medicaid and highlight the detrimental effects of the cuts, especially on vulnerable populations such as children and those with chronic illnesses. Without Medicaid, many Latine families will struggle to access essential healthcare services.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's Health News, the Latine population has consistently been between 26 and 30 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries since 2008, well above their 19 percent share of the US population.
For many families-especially those employed in the construction, domestic work, or food industries, where employers rarely offer worker health insurance-Medicaid is the only path to essential care.
Advocacy groups are also pursuing legal and media strategies to highlight the human cost of these cuts-especially for children, the elderly, and those with chronic illnesses.
Stan Dorn, director of the Health Policy Project at UnidosUS, told NPQ that his nonprofit has brought together multiple organizations to raise awareness about the harmful consequences these cuts would have.
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