Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility Pa. Rep. Bellmon, Congressman Boyle announce legislation fighting back against healthcare cuts in Pennsylvania

Pa. Rep. Bellmon, Congressman Boyle announce legislation fighting back against healthcare cuts in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia House Delegation    May 6, 2026 | 9:55 AM

HARRISBURG, May 5 – Today, state Rep. Anthony Bellmon, D-Phila., and U.S. Rep. Brendan F. Boyle, PA-02, ranking member of the U.S. House Budget Committee, held a news conference at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to announce new legislation and a joint effort to stop the Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts from hurting Pennsylvanians. 

In 2025, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress passed Trump’s so-called “One, Big Beautiful Bill Act” which implements over $1 trillion in cuts from Medicaid and other safety-net programs. Pennsylvania is expected to lose more than 300,000 people’s Medicaid coverage. 

With these Medicaid cuts set to begin at the end of this year, Bellmon and Boyle announced legislation they are introducing in both the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the U.S. House of Representatives. They both are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to work with states to issue operational guidance on the impending Medicaid cuts. 

“As public servants, it is our duty to ensure that the most vulnerable of those we represent have access to basic necessities like healthcare,” Bellmon said. “What Republicans in Congress are doing is not governance, it is malice that will be devastating for so many Pennsylvanians. If Pennsylvania is to adhere to this harmful law, we need to be able to communicate it and help those who are affected.” 

As the top Democrat on the U.S. House Budget Committee, Boyle also announced new federal legislation to reverse these devastating Medicaid cuts.

“300,000 Pennsylvanians are projected to lose their health care,” said Congressman Boyle. “My bill very simply would say these Medicaid cuts do not take effect in December. ?We need to act to prevent them, and we need to act now.”

Bellmon said 3 million Pennsylvanians are enrolled in Medicaid. Of those:

    • 750,000 have Medicaid coverage because of Medicaid expansion acts. 
    • 1.3 million are children.
    • 423,276 are individuals living with a disability.
    • 312,000 are seniors age 65 and older, many in nursing homes.
    • Almost 10,000 are veterans. 

Every year in Pennsylvania, Medicaid covers:

    • More than 175,000 Pennsylvanians who receive treatment for a substance use disorder.
    • Over 200,000 people who receive treatment for diabetes.
    • Nearly 44,000 seniors and people with disabilities in Pennsylvania who receive care in their home or community instead of in a nursing facility.
    • More than 45,000 births.
    • More than 61,000 people who need treatment for heart failure.