Cuts to Medicaid prompted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could lead to thousands of excess deaths each year.

Veteran strategist James Carville said Democrats would be "stupid" to talk about anything other than Trump's megabill.

Executives at the laboratory companies said they expect the effects on testing services from the Republicans’ tax and domestic policy bill, including cuts to Medicaid, will be minimal.

Over the next decade, nearly $1 trillion will be cut from Medicaid. Here is what America’s more than 71 million recipients of the health care program need to know about the changes under the 'One Big Beautiful Bill.

One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.

Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act created federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients, which amount to 80 hours a month in community engagement activities to maintain eligibility.

Texas avoided some steeper Medicaid cuts, but hundreds of thousands of Texans are still projected to lose health coverage due to the new law.

U.S. Rep. Michael Baumgartner, a Washington Republican who represents the eastern quarter of the state including Spokane, praised the Big Beautiful Bill in a July 3 news release, citing its support for small businesses and border security. He also noted it locks in Trump tax cuts from 2017.

That reliance is partly due to Louisiana’s high poverty rate and its decision to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. As of 2025, about 32.8% of Louisiana residents are enrolled in the program, one of the highest rates in the country, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.