The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Friday, June 27 on HR 1 (“The Big Beautiful Bill”) that contains nearly $1 Trillion in Medicaid cuts and shifts significant SNAP costs to states.
Nonprofits need to stand together and tell Congress that we cannot make up the difference if SNAP and Medicaid cuts are passed.
Nonprofits do incredible work, often leading in times of crisis – but even we have limits. Such massive funding cuts are beyond what any nonprofit system can absorb.
Take Action
- If you have 5 minutes: Contact Minnesota Congressional Republicans and your Representative, and ask them to vote no using the talking points below. (MN Congressional Republicans include Rep. Brad Finstad, Rep. Tom Emmer, Rep. Michelle Fischbach, and Rep. Pete Stauber.)
- If you have 20 minutes: Take the above action, and contact Minnesota Congressional Democrats representing Minnesota and ask them to be vocal in their opposition, and to reach across the aisle to convince their colleagues. (Minnesota Congressional Democrats include Rep. Angie Craig, Rep. Betty McCollum, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and Rep. Kelly Morrison.)
- If you have 30 minutes: Take the above actions, and forward this request to five friends to contact their elected officials, and make a post on your social media.
- BONUS: In addition to telling lawmakers that the nonprofit sector cannot make up for proposed cuts, another powerful message is how harmful cuts will be to people in your nonprofit’s district. Share your local impact through the Protect Medicaid Action Page with automated letter writing support from our colleagues at Minnesota Budget Project.
Find your MN elected officials: Minnesota Congressional Delegation contacts.
Find other elected officials: Contact members of Congress.
Talking Points
- Ask: Defund SNAP and Medicaid funding and VOTE NO on HR 1 (“The Big Beautiful Bill”).
- Nonprofits cannot make up the difference if SNAP and Medicaid cuts are passed, public generally supports Medicaid and SNAP funding.
- While some people have looked to philanthropy to offset federal funding disruptions, foundation giving nationally is equivalent to only about 10 percent of total federal funding into the nonprofit sector.
- We want to make it extremely clear: nonprofits CANNOT make up the difference of sudden loss of federal grant funding or if funding cuts to programs like SNAP and Medicaid are passed. Nonprofits do incredible work, often stepping up in times of crisis – but even we have limits. A cut of nearly $1 trillion to our health care as the Senate bill proposes, and shifting massive costs to states for SNAP food assistance is beyond what any nonprofit system can absorb.
- While nonprofits are essential partners in delivering services and support, we cannot replace the scale, reach, or guarantee of federal safety net programs.
- Public polling has also made the following very clear: people of the United States broadly support Medicaid, as well as maintaining or even increasing SNAP funding. The proposed federal tax bill does the opposite of what Americans want and will directly cause harm to communities across the nation.
- Most nonprofits are in rural and suburban communities; states would need to cover cost of cut differences
- Most nonprofits (62%) are in rural and suburban communities, which will be impacted most if these cuts are passed.
- House Republicans reconciliation bill would cut SNAP by $300 billion through 2034. States would need to cover the difference to keep the same coverage.
- HR 1 would raise the price of health insurance, groceries and more for Minnesotans
- HR 1 would: take health insurance away from Minnesotans and make it more costly, raise the cost of groceries for up to 545,000 Minnesotans, pass the buck to Minnesota lawmakers, increase energy prices while cutting jobs, makes college less affordable for Minnesota students, and delivers massive tax cuts to the wealthiest Minnesotans while failing to support working families and children.