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Rep. Krishnamoorthi warns of impact of Trump’s health care cuts
Located in one of the state’s most medically underserved regions, Touchette Regional Hospital provides emergency, behavioral health, and inpatient care to thousands of residents in the Metro East area. More than half of its revenue comes from Medicaid, making it especially vulnerable to federal reductions.
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) visited Touchette Regional Hospital on Nov. 7 to warn that President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” could severely undermine access to health care for working families and safety-net hospitals across Illinois.
Speaking alongside hospital leadership and frontline staff, Krishnamoorthi criticized the measure—which Trump refers to as the “Large Lousy Law”—for slashing Medicaid by a trillion dollars and allowing Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits to expire.
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“Hospitals like Touchette are the heart of our health care system and the last place that should feel the ripple effects of Washington’s cuts,” Krishnamoorthi said.
“When President Trump and Republicans slash Medicaid by a trillion dollars and refuse to act to keep ACA tax credits from expiring, they’re telling working families to pay more for less care. A 78 percent premium increase in Illinois isn’t just a statistic; it means parents skipping doctor visits and seniors cutting pills in half,” he added.
Located in one of the state’s most medically underserved regions, Touchette Regional Hospital provides emergency, behavioral health, and inpatient care to thousands of residents in the Metro East area. More than half of its revenue comes from Medicaid, making it especially vulnerable to federal reductions.
According to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Trump administration’s new health law could result in the loss of up to $6.7 billion in federal Medicaid funding over the next decade, threatening coverage for as many as half a million Illinois residents.
State officials estimate that one in four Illinoisans relies on Medicaid as their primary coverage, while 40 percent of childbirths in the state are financed through the program. The proposed federal cuts would reduce hospital reimbursements, increase state spending obligations, and potentially force safety-net hospitals like Touchette to limit services or scale back staffing.
National policy analyses, including reports by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Civic Federation, have estimated that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could reduce federal Medicaid expenditures by over $1 trillion across ten years—about 15 percent compared to prior law—while eliminating key ACA subsidies that help low- and middle-income Americans afford coverage. Illinois, which currently has about 3.4 million residents enrolled in Medicaid, could see 300,000 to 500,000 people lose coverage under the new rules.
Krishnamoorthi highlighted his proposed “Bringing Back Benefits Act,” which aims to reverse the Trump administration’s funding cuts and extend ACA premium tax credits to prevent sharp increases in insurance costs.
As Ranking Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, he said he is investigating what he described as the administration’s “mismanagement” of Medicaid reimbursements and delays affecting hospitals nationwide.
“Families in Illinois shouldn’t have to pay the price for Washington’s dysfunction,” Krishnamoorthi said. “I’ll keep fighting to reverse President Trump’s devastating Medicaid cuts and protect affordable coverage for every Illinois family.”
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