I'm Dyer Oxley and on the latest episode of Meet Me Here, we debate whether it's a good idea to name your baby after a character in pop culture.

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your podcast. Hello from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Patricia Murphy with a roundup of today's top stories. It's Tuesday, July 1st. We'll start with national news. President Donald Trump's mega bill carrying much of his domestic agenda has passed the Senate. It now goes back to the U.S. House. Scott Greenstone reports on Washington lawmakers' reactions.

Spokane Congressman Michael Baumgartner posted on X Tuesday, pleased to see the big, beautiful bill,

passed the Senate, American flag emoji. Baumgartner's a Republican. His post praised the bill's,

quote, robust military spending and tax cuts. His colleague,

in the middle of the state, Representative Dan Newhouse, will review the legislation before determining

how to vote, his spokesperson said. The rest of Washington's delegation are Democrats, and Representative

Susan Del Benei of Medina pointed out that the bill passed the

House the first time by only one vote. Quote, it only takes one to stop this billionaire bailout.

Scott Greenstone, KOWW News. A number of health care providers in Washington are also sounding

the alarm about the bill,

which the U.S. House is considering for final passage before the July 4th holiday.

Cassie Sauer is the executive director of the State Hospital Association.

She says proposed cuts to Medicaid could affect all Washington hospitals.

Some of the services that we think will be cut most quickly could be things like urgent

cares, primary care clinics.

It's hospitals all across the state, so it could be the most urban hospitals to the smallest

rural hospitals, really affected by this.

Though only about a quarter of Washingtonians are on Medicaid, Sauer says hospitals rely on it.

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