Yesterday, Georgians held a press conference to mark the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare and speak out against the GOP U.S. Senate candidates who backed Trump’s budget law that cuts these critical programs and endangers Georgians’ lives.
Candidates and potential candidates for Senate, including Rep. Buddy Carter, Rep. Mike Collins, and former failed and fired Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, have all supported Donald Trump’s budget law that is set to rip away health insurance from 750,000 Georgians, threaten the ability of rural hospitals to keep their doors open, and even trigger automatic cuts of $500 billion to Medicare.
Recent polling also found that the majority of Georgians oppose Trump’s devastating budget law.
Read key takeaways from 11Alive below:
11Alive: 60th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid; future uncertain
July 30, 2025
- Faith Jessie, 11Alive: Today marks sixty years since the start of Medicaid and Medicare. That legislation was signed by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. Fast forward today, and there are some concerns about the future of both programs.
- DPG Chair Charlie Bailey: “Medicare and Medicaid over the last sixty years have been some of the most transformative pieces of legislation to ever be put into law and it’s always been under attack […] by Republicans. But these recent attacks [are] on another level.”
- Faith Jessie, 11Alive: […] The legislation could affect insurance for hundreds of thousands of Georgians.