“The House-passed budget reconciliation bill represents a massive and appalling giveaway to millionaires and billionaires at the expense of children, seniors, people with disabilities, working families and their health care coverage. The Republican Party shamefully reneged on their promises to protect Medicaid, instead voting for the largest cut in history to this essential program —an unprecedented $700 billion. 

“The bill’s harmful impact also extends to the Affordable Care Act program currently providing affordable health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents.  

“If the Senate does not reverse these House-approved cuts, nearly 250,000 Massachusetts residents will lose health coverage, and nearly $1 billion in lost federal revenue every year would gut the state’s budget, healthcare system, and economy. 

“Healthcare institutions and providers throughout the state would face insurmountable financial challenges, leading to reductions in services, loss of healthcare jobs, and longer wait times.  Hospitals, nursing homes, homecare, outpatient and community-based services will all be impacted. Families will face new bureaucratic hurdles just to maintain the benefits they are entitled to and many will lose access to vital healthcare services. 

“The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU call on the Senate to reverse these egregious cuts, which Americans overwhelmingly oppose, to avoid devastating consequences to the health and wellbeing of millions of people.”