October 1, 2025
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) — Republicans have officially shut down the government over health care. In response, 314 Action President Shaughnessy Naughton released the following statement:
“All year, Republicans have waged war on health care, slashing Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act by $1 trillion dollars, dismantling the CDC and eroding trust in vaccines. Now, they have shut down the government because they refuse to continue subsidies that make health care affordable on the ACA marketplace and threatened to gut health care even further. This is an all-out assault on health care in America and proof that Republicans can’t govern.
“Republicans control the House, Senate and White House — and instead of making it cheaper for millions of Americans to get health insurance, they chose to make it harder and more expensive. This is a reckless and wasteful Republican Health Care Shutdown and as a result, 75% of NIH employees and 64% of CDC employees will stop working and 32,500 HHS workers will be fired or furloughed.
“It is clear that health care will be the deciding issue in 2026. 314 Action is working to elect doctors and scientists who truly understand the impact of Republican health cuts on patients and how to fix America’s broken health care system. No American should die because they have to delay care or can’t afford life-saving medication. 314 Action calls on Republicans in Congress to end the shut down immediately and extend the ACA subsidies before it’s too late.”
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