Nearly 12 million estimated to lose health coverage under Trump budget bill
- The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate GOP tax bill would cause 11.8 million Americans to lose health coverage by 2034, with $1.1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Obamacare.
- Fueled by plans to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, the Senate GOP bill provides $4.5 trillion in new reductions, offset by Medicaid and safety net spending cuts.
- The bill cuts Medicaid by about 18%, SNAP by roughly 20%, imposes 80-hour work requirements, and introduces up to 5% income-based cost-sharing fees.
- Consequently, many low-income Americans face delayed care and rural hospitals risk closure due to increased out-of-pocket costs and ongoing funding cuts, worsening health access and outcomes.
- The Senate GOP tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over a decade and increase borrowing by $21 trillion, signaling significant fiscal risks according to CBO estimates.
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The U.S. deficit would increase by trillions of dollars if Congress passes and President Trump signs his proposed budget bill into law, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The bill makes Trump’s tax cuts from 2017 permanent. To pay for that and other costs, the bill proposes some spending cuts — the largest of which would be to Medicaid. Those cuts would result in about 10 million people leaving Medicaid, the CBO predicts. That’s…
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