Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) is preparing for a busy fall. We will be hosting a community meeting to help explain the provisions of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, which included massive spending cuts to healthcare and food programs, among other programs that people rely on.| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
July 1, 2025 This is truly URGENT. Senate Republicans just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), and it’s headed back to the House of Representatives for a final vote. Pick up the phone and make your voice heard in this critical window! The OBBBA will lead to over 17 million Americans losing their […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
June 30, 2025 This is URGENT. Late Saturday night, Senate Republicans narrowly passed a motion to proceed, allowing debate to begin on their version of the devastating reconciliation budget bill. While they cleared this first procedural hurdle, a number of Republican senators continue to voice concerns about the health sections of the bill that make […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
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June 11, 2025 We are facing a national crisis in health care. House Republicans recently passed their budget bill – the cartoonishly named “One Big Beautiful Bill” – by just one vote along party lines. There were no public hearings, and House members were not afforded time to read the bill before they chose to […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
In today’s The News-Gazette, you can see the Guest Commentary that I wrote about the House Republican’s Budget bill and the cuts to Medicaid and other health and food programs.| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
May 22, 2025 The situation is dire.Early this morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act – the budget bill that includes a sweeping proposal that slashes billions of dollars from the Medicaid program and imposes dangerous new work requirements for Medicaid. If this is enacted, the bill will […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
May 21, 2025 This is another urgent call to action because the budget bill that would drastically cut Medicaid and SNAP is advancing. The House Rules Committee convened at 1 a.m. this morning to try to pass the Republican’s budget bill, which calls for the largest cuts to Medicaid in history in order to make tax […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
This is an urgent call to action.| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
April 03, 2025 Champaign County Health Care Consumers is inviting you to attend a rally this Saturday at West Side Park at noon. This event is being organized as part of a national day of rallies around the country to fight back against the Trump Administration’s plans and ongoing efforts to dismantle vital national programs. People […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers