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Trump's 'Big Bill' healthcare cuts may threaten the nation's entire health infrastructure: CBO

Trump's 'Big Bill' healthcare cuts may threaten the nation's entire health infrastructure: CBO

The Medicaid cuts add up to nearly a trillion dollars over ten years, and 12…

Petrie Dish · Bonnie Petrie

July 7, 20255m 11s

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The Medicaid cuts add up to nearly a trillion dollars over ten years, and 12 million people could lose access to health care. Medicare also faces deep reductions in spending, even though it's not slashed in this legislation. It insures the elderly, and it may lose half a trillion dollars to sequestration. KFF Health News DC correspondent Julie Rovner told Bonnie Petrie that no one will be unaffected.