US EditionWill millions of people lose health insurance if Trump's tax bill becomes law?
- On June 17, 2025, Senate Majority Leader John Thune addressed President Donald Trump’s budget and tax reconciliation measure known as the One Big Beautiful Bill.
- The bill aims to cut over $1 trillion from Medicaid, ACA, and CHIP by introducing stricter income verifications and work requirements.
- It requires Medicaid enrollees aged 19-64 to work, volunteer, or attend school 80 hours monthly and mandates states to verify income every six months.
- Jennifer Tolbert cautioned that due to increased administrative hurdles, many individuals could end up without health insurance, putting about 11.8 million adults and children in jeopardy.
- If enacted, the bill could cause 17 million people to lose healthcare and millions more to lose food assistance, while increasing federal debt by over $3 trillion.
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Trump's "Mega Law" could cost millions of low-income Americans health insurance – if they don't work at least 80 hours a month.
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A Bill That Rips Away Food, Healthcare and Dignity From Millions—So Billionaires Can Get Richer
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and others can repeat the lie that no one will lose coverage, but it does not make it so. Seventeen million people will lose healthcare (including 11 million Medicaid beneficiaries). Millions will lose food assistance. The debt will grow by over $3 trillion. It is hard to find anyone outside the MAGA cult who thinks this will benefit America. Republicans respond by lying about the bill even when confronted with the mise…
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