Health Care

Federal Medicaid funding

130 public statements from 2026 candidates · 2 related bills

§1The range of views

Why this matters: Funding changes affect how many people states can cover and what care is covered, as well as hospitals, nursing homes and state budgets.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

How much the federal government pays toward Medicaid, the health program for people with low incomes, which a 2025 law changed, for example by tightening limits on the taxes states charge health care providers.¹

Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits)
Keep the funding rules set by the 2025 law
Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Reduce federal Medicaid spending further, such as by giving states fixed yearly amounts (block grants or per-person limits) (2)

Brian Burley CA-42
A platform document on his campaign website says he supports turning Medicaid into block grants to the states.²
William B. Redpath OH Senate special
His campaign website says Medicaid should be turned over to the states by phasing out federal funding over 10 years.³

Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding (62)

Amanda N. Pusczek AL-4
Her campaign website says she would reverse federal cuts to Medicaid payments for hospitals that serve many low-income patients and to other safety-net programs, pointing to cuts in laws such as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.⁴
Mike McGuire CA-1
His campaign's rural plan says he would reverse the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts it attributes to President Trump, which it says threaten rural hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and coverage for more than 3 million Californians.^5,6
Connie Chan CA-11
Her campaign website says she would immediately reverse the Trump-era cuts to Medicaid.⁷
Scott Wiener CA-11
His campaign website says he would protect and expand Medicaid and work to reverse President Trump's cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.^8,9
Adam Gray CA-13
His campaign website lists among his accomplishments introducing the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act of 2025 to reverse all of the Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, and leading a budget amendment aimed at protecting Medicaid from cuts.¹⁰
Aisha Wahab CA-14
Her campaign website says she would defend Medicare and Medicaid from cuts and restore funding for programs including Medicaid and SNAP.¹¹
Sandra Van Scotter CA-20
Her campaign website says the cuts in H.R. 1 will harm Medi-Cal recipients, people with disabilities, seniors and working families in the district, and that she will work in Congress to reverse them.¹²
Norma J. Torres CA-35
Her campaign website says she strongly opposed the Medicaid cuts in a Republican bill and is fighting to restore those health services.¹³
Samantha Mota CA-37
Her campaign website calls for repealing cuts to Medicaid.¹⁴
Linda Sánchez CA-41
Her campaign website says she is fighting to restore Medicaid funding.¹⁵
Dave Min CA-47
His campaign website says he voted against cuts to Medicaid and Medicare funding and that essential funding for both programs must be restored.¹⁶
John Hickenlooper CO Senate
His campaign website says he is working to restore funding for Medicaid.¹⁷
Eileen Laubacher CO-4
Her campaign website and her rural health care plan say she would reverse recent Medicaid cuts, which they say threaten rural hospitals.^18,19
Jessica Killin CO-5
Her campaign website says she would repeal recent Medicaid cuts, which it says will cost hundreds of thousands of Coloradans their coverage.^20,21
Sarah McBride DE-AL
Her campaign website says she cosponsored the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act to reverse the Medicaid and health care cuts in the 2025 budget law.^22,23
Angie Nixon FL Senate special
Her campaign website says she supports reversing the Medicaid cuts affecting veterans' families.²⁴
Bale Dalton FL-7
His campaign website says Congress cut Medicaid last year and that he supports restoring Medicaid funding.²⁵
Darren Soto FL-9
His campaign website says he is fighting the recent cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA and will do everything he can to reverse them.²⁶
Tony D'Arrigo FL-13
His campaign website says he is fighting to restore the funding it says was cut from Medicare and Medicaid and to reverse those cuts.^27,28
Robert People FL-15
His healthcare plan says he would vote to reverse Medicaid cuts.²⁹
Kelly Kirschner FL-16
His campaign website says he would repeal the recent cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and restore every cut.^30,31
Pia Dandiya FL-22
Her campaign website says she will reverse Medicaid cuts.³²
Jared Moskowitz FL-25
His campaign website says he fought against the Big Beautiful Bill, which it says Republicans passed and which it says cut nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid, and that he is working to reverse those cuts.³³
Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. GA-4
His campaign website says he strongly opposes the Medicaid cuts in the law it calls the Big, Ugly Bill, which it says cut access to health care for 17 million Americans.³⁴
Josh Turek IA Senate
His campaign website says he would restore full Medicaid funding for the 110,000 Iowans it says could lose coverage because of cuts in the law known as the Big Beautiful Bill.³⁵
Christina Bohannan IA-1
Her campaign website says she will immediately reverse the Medicaid cuts, which it says will remove more than 100,000 Iowans from their health coverage.³⁶
Lindsay James IA-2
Her campaign website says the cuts to Medicaid should be reversed immediately.³⁷
Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3
Her campaign website says she will work to roll back the Medicaid cuts, which it says will cause 86,000 Iowans to lose their health insurance and close rural hospitals and clinics, and to expand access to Medicaid in rural communities.^38,39
Sarah Zabel ID-1
Her health care plan says that, as a near-term bridge, she would reverse the Medicaid coverage cuts.⁴⁰
Melissa L. Bean IL-8
Her campaign website says she will reverse the Republican Medicaid cuts.⁴¹
Daniel Biss IL-9
His campaign website says he will work to reverse the Republican budget's cuts to Medicaid immediately.^42,43
J.D. Ford IN-5
His campaign platform says he would fight to restore and protect Medicaid funding and oppose budget cuts that threaten access to emergency and preventive care.⁴⁴
Adam Hamilton KS Senate
His campaign website says he would reverse the federal cuts to Medicaid.⁴⁵
Charles Booker KY Senate
His campaign website says he would reverse the cuts to Medicaid in the law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill.⁴⁶
Mikel Wein KY-5
His campaign website says funding for existing health care needs to be restored, and lists repealing cuts to Medicaid among actions needed immediately.⁴⁷
Zach Dembo KY-6
His campaign website says Medicaid cuts should be reversed and Medicaid fully funded so that working families and seniors can access care.⁴⁸
"Jamie" Davis LA Senate
His campaign website says he would restore the health coverage cut by the 2025 budget law before more rural hospitals close.⁴⁹
Katherine M. Clark MA-5
Her campaign website says she led the fight against the Trump administration's cuts to Medicaid and is fighting to cancel them.^50,51
Dan Schwartz MD-1
His campaign website says he would repeal cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care programs, SNAP and community grants that it says hit the 1st District hard.⁵²
Adrian Boafo MD-5
His campaign website says he would protect and fully restore Medicaid expansion, reversing Republican cuts.⁵³
Matthew G. Dunlap ME-2
His campaign website says he wants to reverse the Medicaid cuts that it says are hurting rural hospitals.⁵⁴
Callie Barr MI-1
Her campaign website says she supports reversing Medicaid cuts, which it says would harm rural hospitals and nursing homes.^55,56,57
Debbie Dingell MI-6
Her campaign website says she is fighting the Medicaid cuts made in the budget law passed by President Trump and congressional Republicans, which it says took health care from 15 million people and are making long-term care harder for seniors to get.⁵⁸
Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
Her disability rights topic page says she supports protecting and expanding Medicaid, SSI and SSDI, and her health care topic page says Medicare and Medicaid should be strengthened and expanded.^59,60
Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
His campaign website says he would push to immediately repeal the Medicaid and ACA subsidy cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.⁶¹
Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
Her campaign website says she supports reversing the Medicaid cuts in President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.⁶²
Jake Johnson MN-1
His campaign website says he would work to undo the recent cuts to Medicaid.⁶³
Doug Chapin MN-6
It says he will push to undo cuts to Medicare and Medicaid and to see both programs fully funded.⁶⁴
Amy Klobuchar MN Governor
Her campaign website says she will advocate for restoring the Medicaid funding cuts in the federal Big Beautiful Bill and work to help eligible Minnesotans keep their coverage.⁶⁵
Wesley Bell MO-1
His campaign website says he voted against the Medicaid cuts in what it calls Trump's One Big Ugly Bill, which it says reduced Medicaid by $800 billion, and that he has been calling for those cuts to be reversed.⁶⁶
Fred Wellman MO-2
His campaign website says the 2025 budget law cut Medicaid and that he will fight to reverse the cuts.^67,68
Jordan Herrera MO-4
His campaign website says he would protect and expand Medicaid and Medicare funding, noting that hospitals close when those programs are cut.⁶⁹
Scott Colom MS Senate
His campaign website says he would vote to cancel the federal Medicaid cuts, to help keep rural emergency rooms and delivery rooms open.⁷⁰
Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
His Voter Contract page says he will lead the effort to restore Medicaid cuts and protect rural hospitals and clinics, and his Issues page says he will work with lawmakers from both parties to undo the Medicaid and SNAP cuts right away.^71,72
Roy Cooper NC Senate
His campaign website says he would reverse recent cuts to Medicaid.⁷³
Chris Backemeyer NE-1
His campaign website says he would restore Medicaid funding and protect rural hospitals.⁷⁴
Mark Cohen NE-3
His campaign website lists working to restore Medicaid funding and opposing Medicaid cuts that would reduce mental health coverage among his commitments.⁷⁵
Rebecca Bennett NJ-7
Her healthcare priorities page lists restoring cuts to Medicaid and Medicare among her goals.⁷⁶
Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
His campaign website says he supports legislation to reverse the health care cuts in the Republican tax law, which it says put health care for more than 35,000 New Mexicans and rural hospitals at risk, and lists among his accomplishments voting against that law and fighting Medicaid cuts.^77,78,79
John Francis Reed RI Senate
His campaign website says he wants to immediately reverse the $1 trillion Medicaid cut it attributes to President Trump and to protect Medicaid and Medicare from further cuts.⁸⁰
Annie Andrews SC Senate
Her campaign website says she would fight to repeal recent federal Medicaid cuts, which its health care plan says will cost 51,000 South Carolinians their health insurance.^81,82
James Talarico TX Senate
His campaign website says he would reverse the Trump administration's cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits.^83,84

Statements that don't match one option (66)

Bill Hill AK-AL
His campaign website says he supports expanding Medicaid coverage.⁸⁵
Lee McInnis AL-3
His campaign website lists among his goals immediately restoring the $1 trillion it says the Big Beautiful Bill Act removed from the federal health care budget.^86,87
Eric Jones CA-4
His campaign website says he will protect Medicaid.⁸⁸
Mike Thompson CA-4
His campaign website says he continues to fight health care cuts in a recent law that it says takes health coverage away from 15 million Americans.⁸⁹
Michael Masuda CA-5
His campaign website says he would protect Medicare and Medi-Cal and reduce barriers to getting and keeping health coverage.⁹⁰
Doris Matsui CA-7
Her campaign website says she has cosponsored five bills to repeal President Trump's cuts to federal health care safety-net funding.⁹¹
John Garamendi CA-8
His campaign website says he opposes all efforts to privatize Social Security, dismantle Medicare or defund Medicaid and Medi-Cal.⁹²
Kevin Mullin CA-15
His campaign website says he voted against the 2025 House budget proposal that set the stage for large Medicaid cuts, offered amendments in committee to lower health costs, and wants to speak for the people who relied on Medicaid before the cuts.⁹³
Ro Khanna CA-17
His campaign website says he would defend Medicaid from proposed cuts in order to protect funding for rural hospitals.⁹⁴
George Whitesides CA-27
His campaign website says he voted against a Republican budget that it says would cut Medicaid for hundreds of thousands of Californians.⁹⁵
Luz Maria Rivas CA-29
Her campaign website says she voted against what it calls the Trump bill, which it says made massive cuts in health care.⁹⁶
Derek Tran CA-45
His campaign website says he has opposed efforts by President Trump and congressional Republicans to cut Medicaid and Medicare, which it says were meant to pay for tax cuts for the very wealthy.^97,98
Mike Levin CA-49
His campaign website says Medicaid and Medicare must be protected and access to them expanded.⁹⁹
Dwayne L. Romero CO-3
His campaign website says Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP have been badly cut and people pushed off their health plans, and that rural hospitals must be kept open and funded.¹⁰⁰
Manny Rutinel CO-8
His campaign website calls for stopping the cuts to Medicaid and health care tax credits, which it says raise families' costs.¹⁰¹
Chris Coons DE Senate
His campaign website says he fought the administration's efforts to cut Medicaid, and says the One Big Beautiful Bill cut access to it.^102,103
Amanda Marie Green FL-2
Her campaign website says she will protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid and work to reverse cuts that it says hurt rural health care.¹⁰⁴
Mike Sell FL-4
His campaign's bill tracker lists him as opposing federal Medicaid cuts that it says threaten more than 800,000 Floridians.^105,106
Lois Frankel FL-23
Her campaign website says she has worked against Republican-led efforts to cut Medicare and Medicaid.¹⁰⁷
Amanda Hollowell GA-1
Her campaign website says she will fight to protect Medicaid from cuts.¹⁰⁸
Tony Kozycki GA-7
His campaign website says he will not vote to balance Washington’s priorities on the backs of children, seniors and working families who rely on Medicaid, and that he will protect Medicaid.¹⁰⁹
Jonathan Chavez GA-13
His platform says he would oppose any cut to Medicaid funding that is not paired with a fully funded replacement for the people it covers.^110,111
Shawn Harris GA-14
His campaign website says he would fight against block grants for Medicaid that lack the flexibility to address health crises.¹¹²
Dave Dawson IA-4
His campaign website says he will fight any effort to cut Medicaid.¹¹³
Ellie Gilbreath ID-2
Her policies page says she will fully fund Medicare and Medicaid, protecting health care for all Idahoans, especially in rural areas.¹¹⁴
Mike Quigley IL-5
His campaign website says he has been a vocal opponent of cuts in Medicaid funding, which it says would seriously harm the health care workforce and the health plans of public sector workers.¹¹⁵
La Shawn K. Ford IL-7
His campaign website says he will oppose Medicaid cuts, funding caps and work requirements that push eligible people out of care.¹¹⁶
Nikki Budzinski IL-13
Her campaign website says she voted no on what it calls the largest cut to Medicaid in history and has made it her mission to protect care and bring down costs.¹¹⁷
Jennifer Todd IL-15
Her campaign website says she will defend and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid so seniors, families and vulnerable communities can access the care they need.¹¹⁸
Paul Nolley IL-16
His campaign website says Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid need to be strengthened, not slashed.¹¹⁹
Juliana Stratton IL Senate
Her campaign's affordability blueprint says she would protect Medicare and Medicaid from President Trump's funding cuts.¹²⁰
Jamee Decio IN-2
Her campaign website says she will fight to protect Medicaid and Social Security for the families and seniors who depend on them and oppose any attempt to cut coverage to fund tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy.^121,122
André Carson IN-7
His campaign website says he has consistently voted no on Republican attempts to cut Medicaid and will continue to oppose them.¹²³
Mary Allen IN-8
Her campaign website says Medicaid cuts under the Trump administration threaten access to health care, and that she will fight to protect and expand Medicaid and Medicare and keep rural hospitals open.¹²⁴
Melissa Claire Strange KY-4
Her campaign website says she will protect and expand Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.¹²⁵
Ned Pillersdorf KY-5
His campaign website says he does not expect to persuade voters who support the proposed cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, help paying utility bills and public broadcasting, among other programs, to back his candidacy, and says he fears for vulnerable neighbors in Appalachia.¹²⁶
Lauren Jewett LA-1
Her campaign website says she will oppose efforts to defund home and community-based services and fight to make them a mandatory Medicaid benefit.¹²⁷
Lisa Ballay LA-2
Her campaign website says she would protect access to Medicaid while demanding responsible administration, and would oppose any approach that shifts costs onto patients or leaves people without a realistic way to see a doctor.¹²⁸
Conrad Cable LA-4
His campaign website says Medicare and Medicaid must be protected from federal cuts that it says could remove millions from coverage and lead to hospital closures and layoffs.¹²⁹
Michael Mebruer LA-6
His campaign website says he supports restructuring the federal role in Medicaid to give states more flexibility and expand private insurance options for low-income Americans while reducing unnecessary federal spending.¹³⁰
John "Johnny O" Olszewski, Jr. MD-2
His campaign website says he is working to protect programs such as Medicare and Medicaid from cuts.¹³¹
Sarah Elfreth MD-3
Her campaign website says she has fought against cuts to Medicaid in what it calls the Big Ugly Law.¹³²
Sean McCann MI-4
His campaign website says he is against the Medicaid cuts passed in Washington, which it says have removed health care from hundreds of thousands of people in Michigan, and that Congress should protect Medicaid rather than cut it.^133,134
Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8
Her campaign website says a $1 trillion Medicaid cut made health care costs worse, raising premiums 17% for working families in Michigan.¹³⁵
Matt Little MN-2
His campaign website says he will oppose any effort to throw the more than 100,000 residents of the 2nd District off Medicaid.¹³⁶
Trina Swanson MN-8
The voter concerns page says she wants to shield rural hospitals and clinics by opposing reductions in Medicaid payment rates.¹³⁷
Josh Smead MO-6
His campaign website opposes cuts to Medicaid and SNAP that it says the current administration is pushing, and lists working to retain Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP.¹³⁸
Bennie G. Thompson MS-2
His campaign website lists among his accomplishments voting against H.R. 1, a reconciliation bill from 2025, and says he opposed cuts to Medicaid, along with cuts to other programs.¹³⁹
Alani Bankhead MT Senate
Her campaign website says she would fight Medicaid cuts, per-person caps and paperwork rules that strip coverage.¹⁴⁰
Sam Forstag MT-1
His campaign website says he would raise Medicare and Medicaid payment rates so rural hospitals can keep serving Montanans, and would expand the mental health services that Medicaid covers.¹⁴¹
Valerie P. Foushee NC-4
Her campaign website says she is working in Congress to defend Medicaid from cuts.¹⁴²
Chuck Hubbard NC-5
His campaign website says he will vote to safeguard Medicaid and will fight any attacks on the program.¹⁴³
Cyril Jefferson NC-6
His campaign website says he would protect Medicaid and Medicare for families and seniors in North Carolina.¹⁴⁴
Jamie Ager NC-11
His campaign website says Congress's recent cuts to Medicaid and Medicare mean fewer people, children in particular, will receive needed care, and that he will support strong Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security programs.¹⁴⁵
Alma S. Adams NC-12
Her campaign website lists, among her accomplishments, fighting cuts to Medicare and Medicaid in the legislation it calls the One Big Ugly Bill.¹⁴⁶
Paul Barringer NC-13
His priorities page says Medicare and Medicaid exist because the market falls short for seniors, low-income families and people with disabilities, and that it is the country's responsibility to keep supporting them.¹⁴⁷
Helene Neville ND-AL
Her campaign website says protecting Medicare and Medicaid matters, citing federal cuts to Medicaid funding that it says could cost millions of people their coverage and put rural hospitals at risk.¹⁴⁸
Dan Osborn NE Senate
His campaign website says he will fight to restore funding for rural hospitals hurt by federal Medicaid cuts and will support Medicaid's home-care waivers for seniors and people with disabilities.¹⁴⁹
Chris Pappas NH Senate
His campaign website says he opposed the Republican budget law, which it says made the largest health care cut in American history, stripped Medicaid funding for nursing homes and threatened $500 billion in Medicare cuts.^150,151
Jeff Van Drew NJ-2
The same page says he will not back legislation that reduces Medicaid benefits for people who qualify and are in the country legally, and it includes a statement from him opposing Medicaid cuts unless they are specifically meant to reduce waste, fraud or abuse.¹⁵²
Zack Mullock NJ-2
The same section says he will fight to protect the Medicare and Medicaid eligibility of New Jersey's low-income and rural residents, and his tax plan lists strengthening Medicare and Medicaid among the uses of the revenue it would raise.¹⁵³
Nelida Pou NJ-9
Her campaign priorities page says she led an amendment aimed at protecting Medicaid coverage for mothers and working families, and that it was blocked.¹⁵⁴
Steven "Chap" St John NV-1
His campaign website says he would protect Medicare and Medicaid, protect federal support for home health care, hospice, nursing homes and community-based care, and examine how changes in Medicaid financing affect nursing facilities and seniors.^155,156
Aaron D. Ford NV Governor
His campaign website says he will fight to protect Medicaid from federal cuts and look for ways to soften the effect on Nevadans who lose coverage.¹⁵⁷
N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas OK Senate
Her campaign website says she would protect Medicaid and make sure health programs serve patients first.¹⁵⁸
Tina Kotek OR Governor
Her campaign website says she would defend the Oregon Health Plan from federal Medicaid cuts.¹⁵⁹

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.

2025 tax and spending law: tax cuts, Medicaid and SNAP changes, border funds, debt limitH.R. 1
Became law
Deposits federal money in health savings accounts for some marketplace enrolleesS. 3386
Voted on; did not become law