Trump budget to take away food and health care from millions of Americans

• Republicans in Congress are slashing support for SNAP, the program that 42 million Americans rely on to keep from going hungry. The legislation would force states to pay part of the cost of the program and make it harder for working people to qualify. The proposal comes on top of GOP plans to cut Medicaid and the  by $770 billion, taking away health coverage for almost 14 million Americans  and raising the cost of coverage. 

Trump slashes smoking and vaping prevention – tobacco money wins

• Trump slashed an array of programs that have moved the rate of smoking to a record low, saved lives and billions of dollars in health care spending. Still, some 29 million people in the U.S. continue to smoke.

• Big tobacco gave tens of millions to Trump as legal bribes. JustReynolds American , which makes Newport cigarettes and Vuse vapes, just in 2024 gave, $10 million to Trump PACs and $4.6 million to Republican leaders in Congress. Altria, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes and NJOY vapes, ponied up $6.4 million to congressional Republicans and $1 million to the Trump inaugural committee.

• Trump’s FDA fired staff members who fined on retailers that sold tobacco to minors or marketed illicit vapes. Scientists who were experts in addiction and toxicology were fired along the team that wrote proposals to  ban menthol cigarettes  and to reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes, efforts Trump abandoned. The F.D.A. ran a campaign that reached young people on YouTube and gaming platforms, preventing 444,000 young people from taking up vaping in 2023 and 2024.

Trump must cut Medicaid to give the Rich a Tax Trillion Dollar Tax Cut, CBO finds

• Trump pushed Republicans in the House to pass a budget  that cuts $880 billion from Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program according to the Congressional Budget Office. The budget gives big tax breaks to the wealthy. 

Trump makes it harder to enroll in ACA and threatens to raise premiums

• President Trump has already made it much harder to enroll in Affordable Care Act insurance by  cutting short the enrollment period, firing people who helped enroll people and adding needless red tape. Now he wants  to raise premiums forcing  millions of Americans to give up their health coverage and face the possibility of medical debt.

Trump Slashed $1 Billion in Food Aid

• Trump created a nutrition crisis in Appalachia, emptying food bank freezers that once held meat and vegetables—now stocked only with Cheez-Its from a truck accident and “fig pieces” that even volunteers can’t stomach. “We don’t pray for truck crashes,” said Pastor Jackie Thompson, as desperate churches resort to serving processed snacks instead of real food to families in poverty. Seniors like retired teacher Patricia Rosebourgh are left wondering where their next meal will come from.

• Trump's cuts destroyed local farmers' livelihoods, leaving both hungry families and cattle ranchers without income. “They’re cutting the backbone of America,” said rancher Simon, whose orders dropped 80%, unaware his business was collateral damage in Trump’s budget cuts.

Trump cut funding for a women's health program that yielded a $140 return in health care savings for every $1 spent.   

• The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) was launched to fill the knowledge gap caused by decades of underrepresentation of women in medical research. It was still tracking 42,000 participants aged 78–108 when Trump accused it of “waste, fraud, and abuse.” After public outcry, funding for the WHI was restored. 

Trump endangers the health and well-being of the most vulnerable… meals on wheels nursing home residents, disability support 

• Trump pulls the rug out from under nursing home residents, the disabled, and reentry programs that help people transition out of institutional settings.

• Trump reduces meal deliveries and limits who qualifies for Meals on Wheels. Reports indicate delays in funding local providers, and many communities are bracing for cuts.

• Trump shuts down regional offices of disability navigation and support services, leaving disabled individuals without direction or clarity on future funding.

Trump asks Congress to delay Rx Price Negotiation

• Trump issued an executive order urging Congress to delay Medicare negotiating prescription drug prices for four years. While pretending to want to lower Rx prices, Trump is urging Congress to put on hold the most important measure taken to lower Rx prices ever enacted, when Congress enacted legislation to require Medicare to negotiate with the big drug companies to lower prices. The first 10 drugs will see lower prices starting in January 2026, unless Congress bows to Trump’s demand. 

Trump makes big cuts to Department of Health and Human Services  including NIH and CDC. 

• Trump pushed out or fired 20,000 people who work at The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,nearly a quarter of its workforce, under a plan announced by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

• Trump’s wants to gut major health and disease prevention programs, including the National Institute for Health (NIH) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Trump wants to cut the CDC funding almost in half, eliminating C.D.C. programs devoted to preventing chronic disease and injuries, including gun violence injuries. He wants to slash NIH research on preventing and curing  disease by 40%. He also proposes cutting more than $1 billion from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which directs funds and support nationwide to address two of the country’s biggest public health crises.

Trump Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services

• Trump abruptly canceled over $12 billion in federal grants to states, affecting critical public health initiatives like infectious disease tracking, mental health services, and addiction treatment, which were initially funded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Trump’s health services cuts, made with no notice, threaten the viability of public health projects across the country, with states scrambling to understand the impact and prepare for potential layoffs, including epidemiologists and data scientists.

• Trump’s reduction of State Health Services contradicts Congressional authorization for the funds, potentially wastes millions of taxpayer dollars and leaves vital health programs unfinished.

Trump takes away health care coverage from Dreamers

• Trump proposed to end health insurance coverage under the ACA for “Dreamers,”  undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S.A. when they were children. Dreamers can now get coverage in 31 states.