August 22, 2025

Warren Releases New Data: More Massachusetts Residents At Risk of Losing Health Care, Food Assistance Under Republican Cuts

Bill threatens Medicaid coverage for nearly 350,000 Massachusetts residents and food assistance for 104,000 people

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released new data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), estimating that Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill” threatens Medicaid coverage for nearly 350,000 Massachusetts residents, cuts food assistance for 104,000 residents, raises health care premium costs, and increases energy costs by nearly $300 a year for every Massachusetts household.

“Republicans sold out working Americans to make life better for a handful of billionaires,” said Senator Warren. “Kicking hundreds of thousands of people in Massachusetts off their health care and food assistance — while raising premiums and energy bills — makes clear exactly who Republicans are working for. I’m not giving up the fight until we reverse these cuts.”

CBPP’s analysis reveals that new work requirements could leave as many as 350,000 Massachusetts Medicaid recipients at risk of losing health coverage, more than double previous estimates by the Joint Economic Committee Minority (JEC).

The new budget legislation cuts millions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), putting 104,000 Massachusetts residents, including veterans, at risk of losing food assistance.

The bill also fails to extend premium tax credits that help working families and small business owners afford health coverage, resulting in skyrocketing premiums across the country. As many as 8,000 Massachusetts residents could lose health care coverage because of higher premium costs. Under the new law, a 60-year-old Massachusetts couple making $82,000 would see their annual premiums increase from $6,970 to over $18,214.

To offset part of the bill’s $4.5 trillion in tax giveaways, Republicans cut $480 billion in clean energy tax credits, which could cause two-thirds of planned wind and solar projects nationwide to be canceled and raise household energy prices by almost $300 and kill 11,000 jobs in Massachusetts by 2035.

Senator Warren led the resistance to these unprecedented cuts to Americans’ health care, pressing nominees to justify the cuts, mobilizing the public to fight back, and sharing stories of constituents set to be impacted by the cuts.

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