May 22, 2025 Washington, DC — Commenting on this morning’s passage in the House of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, the association representing nonprofit and mission-driven providers of aging services, said:
“If enacted, the policies in the House-passed bill will have a devastating impact on millions of older adults and their families who rely on Medicaid and Medicare for health care and long-term care and services, and on our nonprofit provider members who serve them.
LeadingAge will continue to work with the Senate to oppose the House’s purposeful removal of at least 10 million people from their health insurance, cutting $500 billion from Medicare, and the slashing of $800 billion in federal Medicaid funding to states–actions that will shred the health safety net for older adults and ultimately drive up healthcare costs.
Recognize this for what it is: cold-hearted legislation that will have ugly consequences, essentially eliminating for vulnerable people the support they rely on, leaving them with few options. The Medicaid and Medicare programs, and the aging services infrastructure they support, help older Americans age with dignity, not desperation. They must be protected. We urge the Senate: do not follow in the House’s footsteps.”
