In the days leading up to Tax Day, HEP ran an informational campaign that connected the dots between the huge tax cuts to corporations in the Tax Bill, the resulting deficit, and anticipated cuts to programs like Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security and SNAP, and New York’s Essential Plan for low-income residents. Protecting healthcare funding HEP and its allies kept up the pressure on New York State to increase healthcare funding for New Yorkers in the face of heavy federal cuts.