Urge Congress to Protect Health Care for Kidney Patients by Rejecting Cuts to Medicaid and ACA Marketplace Coverage

Your elected officials in Washington, DC, need to hear your voice today as Congress considers major cuts and changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. The legislation currently making its way through the Capitol represents a serious threat to the health of kidney patients nationwide.

The House of Representatives recently passed (H.R. 1, titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act,) that would cut more than $700 billion in funding for Medicaid. The bill also would require changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces that would make it harder to enroll in coverage and make coverage more expensive for those who do enroll.

The combination of Medicaid cuts and changes to the ACA Marketplaces would result in 15 million more uninsured people in the next decade, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The bill will now be considered by the Senate.

The American Kidney Fund (AKF) strongly opposes these measures. Having comprehensive, affordable health coverage through Medicaid and ACA Marketplace plans is lifesaving for people with kidney disease as well as people who are at risk for kidney disease. Medicaid and ACA plans make possible preventative care, kidney disease management and treatment, and transplants. H.R. 1 is potentially life-threatening for millions of people.