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Healthcare

Programs affecting medical care, public health, and health insurance

This is a proposal, not law.This reflects the President's FY2027 budget proposal. Congress has not acted on these appropriations.

8
Programs affected
$16.1B
Total proposed cuts
consolidationBudget PDF p. 27

AHA Consolidations

Achieving Health America — HHS Program Consolidations and Cuts

$5.0B

30 million community health center patients; 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline callers; mental health/substance abuse block grant recipients in all 50 states; Title X family planning recipients; CDC emergency preparedness grantees

reductionBudget PDF p. 28

NIH

National Institutes of Health

$5.0B
11.0% cut

22,000+ NIH-funded researchers; 300,000+ research personnel nationwide; patients benefiting from biomedical research

reductionBudget PDF p. 52

Global Health

Global Health Programs (including PEPFAR Restructure)

$4.3B
46.0% cut

20 million people on antiretroviral therapy; malaria prevention programs; 25-26 million lives saved by PEPFAR

eliminationBudget PDF p. 11

Community Facilities Grants

Community Facilities Grant Earmarks

$659M
100.0% cut

Rural communities needing hospitals, fire stations, schools, ambulances

elimination Alabama impactBudget PDF p. 37

HOPWA

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS

$529M
100.0% cut

People living with HIV/AIDS at risk of homelessness; ~70% of PLWHA face housing instability

reduction Alabama impactBudget PDF p. 29

ASPR

Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response

$356M
20.0% cut

Hospital Preparedness Program; pandemic preparedness infrastructure; Strategic National Stockpile

reductionBudget PDF p. 29

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

$129M
37.0% cut

Hospital patient safety programs; healthcare quality researchers; 6,000 hospitals using AHRQ tools

eliminationBudget PDF p. 27

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs

$100M
100.0% cut

Teens in targeted prevention programs