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“The number one reason I hear that workers are reluctant to leave the jobs that they have right now and start the small business of their dreams is because they don’t know where they’re going to get their health care.” —Ian Lewis
Independence? Unless We Get
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“The phasedown of Medicaid provider taxes and state-directed payments, which states use to help fund their share of program costs and which hospitals in particular have come to rely on for funding, only begins in 2028.”
Trump Bill’s Health Effects Won’t Be Felt Until After Midterms
Axios | Maya Goldman | July 7, 2025
“…provisions in the GOP megabill narrow immigrant eligibility … allowing only green card holders, immigrants from Cuba and Haiti and immigrants from certain Pacific Island countries access to federally funded health care.”
Megabill Hits Health Care for Immigrants, Including Legal Ones, Hard
Politico | Amanda Chu | July 4, 2025
“President Donald Trump‘s $3.3 trillion domestic agenda bill … includes a significant but little-noticed victory for pharmaceutical companies that will cost taxpayers nearly $5 billion over the next decade.”
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Hands $5 Billion Win to Big Pharma: Report
Benzinga | Kaustubh Bagalkote | July 4, 2025
“There is the mistaken belief that cuts in Medicaid will only affect those on Medicaid. Many hospitals, clinics, and healthcare organisations depend on Medicaid funding for their operations. Therefore, cuts in Medicaid can adversely affect the types and quality of services they provide….”
Don’t Rely on Medicaid? Tax Bill Will Drive Up Costs to Your Healthcare Too
Al Jazeera | Andy Hirschfeld | July 4, 2025
“…changes are coming [to Medicaid] that will affect how people qualify for and enroll in the program that covers more than 70 million low-income and disabled Americans, as well as how they can maintain coverage.”
How Trump’s Megabill Will Impact Health Care
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel | July 4, 2025
“The tax and spending legislation the House voted to send to President Donald Trump’s desk on Thursday, enacting much of his domestic agenda, cuts federal health spending by about $1 trillion over a decade in ways that will jeopardize the physical and financial health of tens of millions of Americans.”
Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans
Kaiser Health News | Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam, Bernard J. Wolfson | July 3, 2025
“In total, the reconciliation legislation would increase the number of uninsured people by 11.8 million people in 2034, according to an estimate released Saturday by the Congressional Budget Office. It would also increase the nation’s budget deficit by $3.3 trillion over the next decade.”
Senate Passes Trump’s Spending Bill With Massive Medicaid Cuts
Healthcare Dive | Emily Olsen, Susanna Vogel | July 1, 2025
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