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From the Central Valley of California to Midwestern battlegrounds and suburban districts of the northeast, the new law already is shaping the 2026 midterm battle for control of the House of Representatives. The outcome will set the tone for Trump’s final two years in the Oval Office.
Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.
Column: Requiring work for Medicaid recipients — a provision that killed an effort in 2024 to expand Medicaid in Mississippi — is now law of the land under Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill." Expanding Medicaid could still save lives.
Medicaid is the state's largest health insurer, covering a quarter of Michigan residents. Reform supporters say the changes will eliminate loopholes.
How a handful of Republicans learned to stop worrying and love the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ after switching their votes - Republicans who thought the spending cuts were insufficient or that the bill cut too much into Medicaid suddenly seem at ease with their vote,
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A provision in the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill that passed in Congress and was signed by President Trump effectively defunds the clinics. The law doesn't specifically name Planned Parenthood, but it bars Medicaid payments to large health care nonprofits that offer abortions.
Congressional Republicans are looking to take a second bite of the apple with a ‘big, beautiful bill’ 2.0 in the fall, but fiscal hawks are skeptical that a second bill would provide the steep cuts they are looking for.
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