AASA Leads Letter Opposing Medicaid Cuts in Reconciliation

Today, 66 national education, disability, healthcare, child welfare, family organizations and their allies sent a letter to Speaker Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Thune to express their deep opposition to any major restructuring of the Medicaid program proposed in a reconciliation package that would jeopardize health care for the nation’s most vulnerable children: students with disabilities and students in poverty. Specifically, the letter argues that proposals to cap Medicaid spending or lower the federal Medicaid match rates, would renege on Medicaid’s 50+ year commitment to provide America’s children with access to vital health care services that ensure they have adequate educational opportunities and jeopardize $7.5 billion in funding for school-based Medicaid services.

AASA founded the Medicaid in Schools Coalition and is proud to organize this letter and along with our allies we will be working aggressively to convince Congress that the dismantling of the Medicaid program will disproportionately harm children’s access to health care, including services received at school.