May 16, 2025
Contact: Hannah Morris, Communications Manager
Colorado Fiscal Institute
morris@coloradofiscal.org

House Republicans’ Budget Plan Sets Stage for Largest Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP in Programs’ History

Denver, CO — House Republicans this week set the stage for the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in the programs’ history after they voted to advance three bills that threaten the health and wallets of Coloradans. Nationwide, at least 13.7 million people could see their health coverage taken away under the House Republican’s budget plan. In addition, many of the 42 million people who participate in SNAP could lose help affording groceries, including seniors, veterans, children, and working families.  

Medicaid and SNAP are on the chopping block in exchange for a tax giveaway for the wealthy on the backs of Coloradans and our local economies. 

The budget bills passed by the House Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, and Ways and Means committees include:  

• At least $625 billion in cuts to Medicaid through work requirements for people who receive coverage through the Medicaid expansion, various other red tape requirements that will reduce coverage, and restrictions on how Colorado raises money to pay for Medicaid, among other changes.
• Roughly $300 billion in cuts to SNAP through harsh work requirements for parents of school-aged children and older adults, as well as a requirement that states, for the first time in the 50 year history of the program, pay for a share of food benefits, passing the buck to states.
• A tax plan that would increase deficits by $3.8 trillion over 10 years, providing an average tax cut of $65,000 for people with incomes in the top 1%, while doing little for low- and moderate- income families.  

“We need to grow our economy by raising incomes and lowering prices on the things people need to survive. This bill does the opposite. It will take away food assistance and health care – making it nearly impossible for people in need of critical food and health care assistance to keep pace with inflation and tariffs,” said Kathy White, Executive Director at Colorado Fiscal Institute.

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