Medicaid, Big Beautiful Bill
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One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.
U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, a Washington Republican who represents the eastern quarter of the state including Spokane, praised the Big Beautiful Bill in a July 3 news release, citing its support for small businesses and border security. He also noted it locks in Trump tax cuts from 2017.
Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.
When Michelle Lawrence heard about Medicaid cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill, it felt like “a punch to the gut.”
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could impact maternal healthcare, which is already fragile in South Carolina.
Over 100,000 people in Connecticut are at risk of losing their health coverage in the next decade due to Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
The 900-page federal bill is expected to promote private schools at the expense of public ones, reduce student loan options and food assistance, cut into school budgets and heavily tax private university endowments.