Donald Trump, Medicaid and big beautiful bill
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The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President Donald Trump and passed Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law.It would require many low-income adults to work to receive Medicaid health insurance coverage and more to work to get food assistance,
Live updates and the latest news as the House passes the sweeping GOP agenda bill. including tax and Medicaid cuts and a SALT increase.
More than 2.6 million Michigan residents are currently insured by the program.Extend existing work requirements for able adults between the ages of 55-64 who aren't caregivers for children under the age of 7 for food assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,
Medicaid has become a key hot button topic in the sweeping tax and spending cuts bill that House Republicans are scrambling to pass as soon as this week.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has begun meeting privately with Senate Republicans who are threatening to derail President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over what they fear could be
"I think that all of our colleagues here will really like the final product and I think we're going to move forward," House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday evening before the changes were released.
President Donald Trump summoned members of a key wing of the Republican Party to the White House Wednesday, as they threaten to defy GOP leaders and prevent his agenda from advancing out of the House this week.