One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines

How the Big Beautiful Bill became law: Republicans plot a midterm rebrand

Republicans knew they had a messaging problem on their hands months before the tax bill reached President Donald Trump’s desk. At the president’s request, the legislation was going to be formally named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a nod to Republicans getting behind what leaders were hailing as a decade’s worth of legislating. The problem was that their homage to its “beauty” didn’t tell voters much about what the legislation actually accompl…

One Big Beautiful Bill cut healthcare funds. Now, Republicans have to sell the costs

Blanketing the airwaves with ads about healthcare, Republican candidates who voted to cut federal funding in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are positioning themselves as advocates for lower costs.

One Big Beautiful Bill Not (Yet) Driving ACA, Medicaid Declines

Multiple Democratic lawmakers have claimed that 8 million Americans have lost healthcare coverage as a result of the Trump-backed budget reconciliation bill that passed a year ago, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But experts told us the enrollment declines seen to date are largely due to other factors — including other Trump administration policies. Enrollment in Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplace has indeed declined by ab…

Gabe Evans Lied About The Big, Ugly Bill’s Medicaid Cuts. Now Three Hospitals in His District Could Close.

Gabe Evans Lied About The Big, Ugly Bill’s Medicaid Cuts. Now Three Hospitals in His District Could Close.