And in one fell swoop, Republicans decide to decimate Medicaid to pass a tax cut for the richest people in America in one big, brutal bill.

This is America Desected. I'm your host, Dr. Abdu L. Seid.

And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jettolina.

And we're recording this on Tuesday, July 8th at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

All right. Let's, it's been a minute first.

Caitlin, let's talk about happy things for a second. It was July 4th. How did you spend your July 4th? We went up to the

mountains. Uh, and it was lovely. It was some fresh, clean air. There's this really small town that

had this 4th of July parade and, uh, stayed in a cabin and unplugged. It was exactly what I needed after that crazy July 4th week. How about you?

Good for you. So I marched in three July 4th parades in one town, which was lovely.

And then I got to have a couple days off, which was really lovely as well. I think it was the first couple of days off I've had in months, which I really enjoyed, got to hang out with the girls.

And we did some fireworks with neighbors.

We grilled steak.

Like we did all the great American traditions as Donald Trump was gutting Medicaid.

So let's let's get on, go ahead and get on, get on to that.

So the big ugly bill, which Republicans passed last week, will take Medicaid away from an estimated

12 million Americans over the next decade. And I'm sure you've heard that stat thrown around

in the news. We wanted to spend some time here just talking about how that's going to materialize. So they're starting this in 2026, in the most

politically sneaky way, they're starting this after 2026, after the midterms. And what will happen

is not that Medicaid will just go away. It's that people are going to have to work a lot harder

to prove out their Medicaid access.

They have to prove that they're working or volunteering or attending school at least 80 hours

a month. Or they have to have an exemption, such as caring for a child under the age of 14.

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