Changes to Medicaid passed this month in the federal budget reconciliation bill will strip health care coverage from 175,000 Maryland residents, who make up more than 10 percent of those

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.

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

The new federal budget law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act), enacted on July 4, 2025, makes dramatic changes to the Medicaid program. Health care providers, plans, patients, and other stakeholders that work with Medicaid populations should prepare for these changes.

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes major wins for business interests that carried out aggressive lobbying campaigns on Capitol Hill.

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.

A reduction in the provider tax that funds the state share of Medicaid expansion could spell trouble for hospitals that rely on it.

Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other NY officials spoke in Kingston July 18 to condemn the impacts of the "big beautiful bill" on local residents.

Ohio will get a boost in Medicaid funding, but patients could still lose care or face barriers under a new federal law.

Contrary to President Donald Trump’s claim that no one will die as a result of the Republican budget bill, an analysis from the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University estimated that the legislation’s changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act will result in at least 42,