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Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill will ‘devastate’ access to care in rural Pennsylvania, critics say
State officials estimate 310,000 Pennsylvanians will lose Medicaid coverage and anticipate strain at health facilities caused by federal budget cuts.
Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed the largest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s, a move that would erode the social safety net and cause a spike in the number of uninsured
Ball State economist Michael J. Hicks believes eight Indiana hospitals “will lose 15% or more of their average annual operating expenses each year.”
The bill proposes a new $6,000 per-person tax deduction for seniors. The maximum deduction starts phasing down once income surpasses $75,000 per person, or $150,000 for joint filers. Then it phases out completely once income crosses $175,000 per person or $250,000 per couple.
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The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill" passed on July 1 on a 51-50 vote after three Republicans defected, requiring Vice President JD Vance to break the tie in a dramatic flourish and send the bill back to the House for final approval but where the outcome remains uncertain.
Kentuckians will be hurt by Medicaid cuts regardless of whether you are one of the nearly 1 in 3 in the state covered by the insurance program.
With the Congressional mega-bill that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid now law, people who have relied for their health care on the state-federal insurance plan and their advocates are scrambling
The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill," spanning over 900 pages, includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program's 50-plus years. What to know.