On May 4, 2017, the United States House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as a repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Independent analyses of the AHCA show that it would leave 23 million more people uninsured by 2026, and make coverage less comprehensive and affordable for millions more. Many low-income and nontraditional students would be likely to lose health insurance coverage, which would harm their ability to complete and persist in postsecondary education. In addition, the proposed bill would further damage postsecondary education, because it would take away billions of dollars of federal Medicaid spending, forcing states to deny coverage and ration care--or to divert state funds from other purposes, such as state funding for postsecondary education, to replace the lost federal investment in Medicaid. Almost all of the jobs created in our economy since the Great Recession require some sort of postsecondary credential, and state support for postsecondary education is more important than ever. Yet the AHCA's proposed cuts to Medicaid will devastate state budgets--and if the past is any guide, state policymakers are very likely to respond by reducing funding for public colleges and universities. Such a downstream impact would deeply harm millions of students as they pursue a pathway towards economic mobility, and ultimately would be detrimental harm our nation's future.