For decades, Medicaid and public health insurance have helped New Yorkers stay healthy, access lifesaving care, and avoid devastating medical debt. These programs are essential to our community's health. And the Trump Administration is forcefully trying to undo that.

Trump’s HR1 Bill, which passed last summer, threatens to take coverage away from thousands of New Yorkers by adding unnecessary “work requirements”, cutting off healthcare access to thousands and making quality healthcare prohibitively expensive.

The harm will fall hardest on communities who rely on consistent, uninterrupted care: New Yorkers living with HIV, people experiencing homelessness, low‑income New Yorkers, Black and Hispanic communities, people with disabilities and chronic conditions, immigrants, and those seeking reproductive and gender‑affirming care. Losing coverage means delayed treatment, worsening health outcomes, and preventable deaths.

We cannot allow decades of progress to be undone. We thank New York’s Board of Health for urgently calling on leaders at every level of government to reject policies that strip people of care, protect Medicaid, and defend affordable health coverage for all New Yorkers.

Together we can still act to make sure Congress keeps our healthcare system safe by calling our Congress members and demanding that they restore Medicaid funding, renew tax credits, and protect New Yorkers’ healthcare.

Take action here and Tell your member of congress to protect Medicaid.