Another report suggests Medicaid cuts could lead to thousands of deaths – NBC News

The new report estimates that coverage losses could lead to delayed care, increased hospitalizations and more deaths. Its findings echo a study published in June.

Two people hold signs outside, one the left it says "Medicaid funds critical disability services", and on the right it says "Protect Medicaid, Save lives" — Protesters against Medicaid cuts rallied in Washington in May. Leigh Vogel / Getty Images for Caring Across Generations file

July 16, 2025, 10:49 AM PDT, By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

The Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill could result in more than 1,000 additional deaths every year, according to a report published Wednesday in JAMA Health Forum.

The cuts could also lead to nearly 100,000 more hospitalizations each year, the report found, and around 1.6 million people may delay seeking care.

The projections are at odds with comments made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who downplayed the bill’s impact during an interview with Fox Business Network’s Larry Kudlow on Monday.

“We’re not going to cut Medicaid and there’s nobody who is going to die from this,” Kennedy said.

HHS did not immediately respond to request for comment.

Wednesday’s study reaches a similar conclusion to an analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in June, which also found that the cuts could lead to thousands of preventable deaths annually because people delay care and get sicker.

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