Trump, Medicaid and bill
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The bill, which Republicans will be working to pass over the next several weeks, is the centerpiece of Trump's legislative agenda.
The tax cut package that passed the U.S. House and President Trump has dubbed the "big, beautiful bill" may change before it becomes law.
The "Big, Beautiful Bill" extends the $4.5 trillion in tax breaks implemented during Trump's first term in 2017, and adds new tax cuts Trump promised while campaigning in 2024, including no taxes on tips, overtime pay, car loan interest and others.
Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday.
A provision in House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” passed Thursday would ban Medicaid from covering gender-affirming health care for transgender people of all ages, a last-minute addition to the measure with the potential to upend care for hundreds of thousands of trans Americans.
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The "big, beautiful bill" passed by House Republicans includes hundreds of billions in cuts to SNAP, more stringent work requirements and more costs to states.
Speaker Mike Johnson struck a series of delicate deals to get the GOP's “big, beautiful bill” through the House. Now, Senate Republicans are threatening to tear them apart.