Healy administration frames FY27 health budget as preservation amid deep federal cuts

Mar 27, 2026

EOHHS Secretary Kiaomi Mahania told the Joint Committee on Ways and Means the administration's FY27 request prioritizes preserving core services as federal funding changes and health care cost growth squeeze the state budget. She highlighted targeted investments and warned of multibillion-dollar federal revenue losses.

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State Representative Meg Hilcoyne and Senate Co-chair Robin Kennedy opened the Joint Committee's public hearing in Clinton, where the Executive Office of Health and Human Services laid out the Healy-Driscoll administration's FY27 spending plan for health and human services.

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