One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.

House members in the San Joaquin Valley who voted for the bill defended their decisions, despite projections that some of their constituents will lose coverage.

The Medicaid changes caused by the now-signed law will cause more deaths, job losses, and rural hospital closures, researchers concluded.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that major federal funding cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and other programs in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” enacted earlier this month will take a “wrecking ball” to New Yorkers most in need.

When Michelle Lawrence heard about Medicaid cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill, it felt like “a punch to the gut.”

The bill would cut $1.1 trillion in health-care spending and result in 11.8 million people losing health coverage over the next decade, according to estimates.

"Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect,” the Missouri senator said after helping make those cuts a reality.