HealthierHere joins hundreds of organizations across Washington State to advocate for the health of our communities and urge the Senate to reject the gravely harmful budget reconciliation bill that advanced through the U.S. House of Representatives early on May 22nd, 2025.  

Our organizations represent a wide range of Washingtonians across the state. Together, we have expertise in the health care, food security, public health, and research infrastructure that are essential to maintaining stable economies and thriving communities.  

We share a deep concern with the budget proposal, which would inflict serious and lasting damage to our state and its people. We stand together in advocating for the hundreds of thousands of children, older adults, people with serious illnesses and disabilities, hard-working immigrant families, small business owners, and low-wage earners struggling to make ends meet whose lives would be upended by the proposed bill. 

Proposed health cuts will terminate coverage for a half-million Washingtonians, threaten local hospitals & businesses, and cost our state billions. 

These proposals won’t just devastate Washington’s people and businesses – the cuts will also wreak havoc statewide by shifting up to ~$3 billion per year in costs to the state, municipalities, and providers. Some providers would lose federal funds altogether.

Proposed SNAP cuts will strip eligibility and take food from more than 212,000 Washingtonians – and make our state pay hundreds of millions of dollars to do it. 

Under the proposal, more than 146,000 Washington children, families, and vulnerable adults would lose food assistance. This would affect parents, children, veterans, unhoused people, and adults over age 55 who face significant barriers to steady, year-round employment.

We know that when people have access to health care, food, jobs, and social services – some of the building blocks of whole-person care – they are healthier. In turn, our communities are healthier, our economy is healthier, and our state is healthier.

We urge Congress to reject cuts that gut the safety net that makes it possible for ordinary Washingtonians to get by. We ask for courage in this critical time to invest in solutions that strengthen the health of our state and nation.

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