2025 Senate Resolution 50

Whereas, Medicaid provides healthcare access to over 71 million Americans and nearly 2.2 million Michigan residents. The program plays a vital role in ensuring access to essential health care services, improving health outcomes, and reducing uncompensated care for hospitals and providers; and

Whereas, Medicaid is a foundational component of the health care safety net, particularly in underserved and rural communities where access to affordable care may otherwise be limited. Michigan’s Medicaid program receives around 70 percent of its funding, 19 billion dollars, from the federal government to provide health coverage to more than one million children, 300,000 individuals with disabilities, and 168,000 seniors; and

Whereas, Despite Medicaid’s importance, President Trump and Congressional Republicans are proposing funding cuts and structural changes that would be inefficient and ineffective, and that would shift costs to the states, health care providers, and vulnerable individuals. Full and consistent federal funding of Medicaid is essential to ensure access to care, especially during times of emergency, economic downturns, and periods of increased cost of living; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, That we urge the President of the United States and the United States Congress to fully fund Medicaid and to reject any proposal that would strip access to those in need and shift costs onto states, health care providers, and vulnerable individuals; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and the Michigan congressional delegation.