Today, the Senate passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a bill with significant cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This bill compromises the health and wellness of the most vulnerable members of our community.
PRH President and CEO, and ob/gyn in DC, Dr. Jamila Perritt responds:
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is the antithesis of its name: while presented as an opportunity for financial savings in the average household, the bill eliminates federal funding for programs designed to keep our communities fed, housed, healthy, and safe.
In contrast of its name, this bill is one of the ugliest actions we have seen from the Trump Administration to date.
“Federal programs like Medicaid, CHIP, SNAP, as well as funding for full spectrum sexual and reproductive health care are all left at the mercy of cowardly, out of touch lawmakers who value junk science over the evidence-based practices that keep our communities safe. Limitations on these essential programs will have horrible consequences for tens of millions of people and for our entire health care landscape. In contrast of its name, this bill is one of the ugliest actions we have seen from the Trump Administration to date.
“Only six months into a second Trump term, we have seen Title X funding be stripped away, the continued criminalization of those seeking lifesaving health care like abortion, as well as politically motivated attacks on those in support of full spectrum sexual and reproductive health care. This is not a coincidence – it is intentional. This is not, nor has it ever been acceptable.
Experience has taught us that legislation like this is a direct attack on the health, dignity, and bodily autonomy of millions…
“As an ob/gyn, I am outraged that Congress has failed our patients, our advocates, and us as providers by passing legislation that shows such blatant disregard for basic health care access. Experience has taught us that legislation like this is a direct attack on the health, dignity, and bodily autonomy of millions, with disproportionate impacts on those experiencing poverty, living in rural areas, Black and Indigenous People of Color, and those of LGBTQIA2S+ experience.
“These circumstances are calling for our resilience, interdependence, and bravery as we continue to navigate an increasingly hostile sociopolitical environment. Even in the face of perceived defeat, we will not give up hope.”