The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) issued the following statement after Congress passed and the President signed H.R. 1, the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
Kenneth Mendez, President and CEO of AAFA: “For the 28 million people in the United States with asthma, there’s nothing beautiful about this bill. Nonpartisan projections indicate the Medicaid cuts contained in the bill will result in 17 million people losing health insurance coverage. Nearly half of all children with asthma get their health insurance through Medicaid, and adults on Medicaid are 2 times more likely to have asthma than adults with private insurance."
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