Protect Our Care Says 8 Million Lost Coverage After $900 Billion Medicaid Cuts
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Updated · Common Dreams · Aug 18
Protect Our Care Says 8 Million Lost Coverage After $900 Billion Medicaid Cuts
3 articles · Updated · Common Dreams · Aug 18
Summary
8 million Americans have lost Medicaid, CHIP or ACA coverage nationwide, according to new state-by-state fact sheets released Tuesday by Protect Our Care.
The group tied the losses to roughly $900 billion in Republican Medicaid cuts and the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025, which it said sent marketplace premiums sharply higher.
Maine alone lost more than 18,700 covered residents, including over 7,500 who dropped ACA plans; the group said hospitals and clinics there face a $38 million funding hit and a 6.7% rise in uncompensated care demand.
Alaska lost more than 25,600 covered residents, Protect Our Care said, while average premiums there have jumped 346% this year.
The advocacy campaign casts the coverage losses as a nationwide political liability for Republicans ahead of November elections, highlighting pressure on vulnerable senators including Susan Collins and Dan Sullivan.
With millions losing healthcare coverage and premiums skyrocketing in 2026, which vulnerable rural hospitals will be the next to close permanently?
As federal subsidies vanish and healthcare costs surge, how will average families survive the sudden financial cliff threatening their basic needs?
Could the unexpected collapse of affordable healthcare access trigger a broader economic crisis in communities already struggling with hospital closures?