Trump Signs Megabill Into Law, Setting Up Historic Medicaid Cuts
The $4.5 trillion tax and immigration bill cleared the House Thursday after a chaotic overnight and morning in Congress. The legislation contains $1.2 trillion in cutbacks to Medicaid and food stamps. The CBO forecasts that 11.8 million Americans would become uninsured by 2034 under the bill's provisions. Check back with KFF Health News for more coverage of this breaking news.
The New York Times:
Tax Cuts Now, Benefit Cuts Later: The Timeline In The Republican Megabill
Republicans deferred some of their most painful spending cuts until after the midterm elections. (Romm, Duehren, Sanger-Katz, Plumer and Wood, 7/2)
