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Texas avoided some steeper Medicaid cuts, but hundreds of thousands of Texans are still projected to lose health coverage due to the new law.
According to analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, more than 10 million people could lose their health care over the next decade as a result of President Trump's tax and spending legislation.
This analysis indicates that proposed Medicaid reforms would have far-reaching consequences beyond federal budget savings," the researchers wrote.
Key Takeaways With nearly $1 trillion being cut from Medicaid over the next decade, the program's recipients could start seeing changes soon.Eligibility requirements will change, limiting retroactive coverage and pushing up the program's verification date.
About 10 million people will lose their insurance under changes to Medicaid and Obamacare in the GOP megabill — 1 million fewer than previously thought.
BISMARCK — In her first town hall since voting to support the “big beautiful bill,” North Dakota Republican Rep. Julie Fedorchak on Monday, July 21, fielded policy questions from constituents largely having to do with changes to Medicaid eligibility.
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act created federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients, which amount to 80 hours a month in community engagement activities to maintain eligibility.
Rallies took place outside Sen. Josh Hawley’s Missouri offices on Monday, July 21, because of his vote on a bill that could cut Medicaid access for thousands.
While our government ramps up its hiring of immigration enforcement officers and “makes America safe again,” let me tell you about a family I know. I have written about them here before. They are eight global citizens who fled their homeland in the midst of a civil war.