AAPI Equity Alliance is appalled at the House Reconciliation Bill that will cause millions of low-income, middle-class, and immigrant communities, including Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, to lose essential health care coverage and face food insecurity.
Today, over 3 million Asian Americans and over 144,000 Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) qualify for Medicaid* and over 1 million Asian Americans and 128,000 NHPIs rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits*. Slashing these essential safety net programs will deprive millions of AAPIs from feeding their families and accessing critical, lifesaving healthcare.
By 2034, roughly 15 million people would lose health coverage and become uninsured because of the Medicaid cuts and the bill’s failure to extend enhanced premium tax credits for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace coverage*.
AAPI Equity Alliance calls on the Senate to act in the best interest of the American people and vote NO on this horrendous bill and protect low-income, middle-class, and immigrant families.
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*AAPI Data’s By The Numbers: Economic Hardship
*AAPI Data’s By The Numbers: Economic Hardship
*Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
