March 18, 2025

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3.18.25 Medicaid Day of Action

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Date: March 18, 2025

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On Medicaid Day of Action, Washington Democrats Slam Trump and Republicans’ Attacks on Healthcare

Seattle, WA – Today, Washington State Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad released the following statement in response to Donald Trump and Washington Republicans’ scam to trade Washingtonians health care in for billionaire tax breaks

“I spent last weekend in Pacific County hearing from our rural communities that rely on Medicaid to provide life saving care. Millions of Americans rely on Medicaid funding to access the health care coverage they need. Instead of protecting and strengthening that care, Donald Trump and Republicans are hellbent on pushing through a budget that could put Medicaid on the chopping block for some 1.8 million Washingtonians in order to gift tax breaks to billionaires. Whether it be Medicaid Day of Action or November 3, 2026, Democrats will stand with Washingtonians every day as we hold Trump and Republicans accountable for trying to defund health care to pay for their giveaway to billionaires.” 

House Republicans voted for a budget that would inflict massive cuts to Medicaid and hurt millions of families in order to gift tax handouts to Trump’s billionaire backers. 

● Trump and House Republicans’ budget would force working families to foot the bill for massive tax handouts to the ultra-wealthy.

● The budget targets Medicaid funding, which would threaten medical care for 1 in 5 Americans; upend funding for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and nursing homes; and leave Washington state with a massive budget shortfall

An overwhelming majority of voters support Medicaid funding and disapprove of Trump and Republicans’ tax scam. 

● Today, voters overwhelmingly disapprove of Donald Trump and Republicans’ massive tax handouts for billionaires, just as they did in 2017

Nearly two in three are concerned that Trump will give tax handouts to Trump’s billionaire friends at the expense of programs Americans rely on. 

Most Americans want to see Medicaid funding increased or remain the same – not cut. 


The Washington State Democratic Party is committed to advancing progressive policy, empowering the grassroots, and ensuring Democratic victories up and down the ballot. Chair of the Washington Democrats, Shasti Conrad, is the first Indian-American woman to chair a major state party.

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