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Medicaid Cuts Will Hit Rural America Hard
As it stands, President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful, Bill” would have a disproportionate impact in red states that helped propel him to victory.
Is anyone listening?
Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North AmericaThe Senate finally passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”— ultimately landing on a version that between gutting Medicaid and changes to the Affordable Care Act will leave some 17 million more Americans without health insurance.
The legislation now goes back to the House and if approved, the very Americans who propelled Trump into office — especially those in rural areas in red states — will be among the hardest hit.