This resource provides a high-level outline of the impact of H.R. 1 on health care, long-term care, economic security, and civil rights of low-income older adults.
Justice in Aging attorneys analyze how the Budget Reconciliation Act of 2025 will affect low-income older adults, including its impact on long-term care access, nursing home safety, and health coverage.
In states that have implemented Medicaid work requirements, otherwise eligible people lose coverage because of paperwork, especially older adults aged 50-64 and caregivers.
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which narrowly passed 215-214 with only Republican votes, will cut trillions of dollars from Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and SNAP—all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest 10% of Americans.