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Who would be affected by health care cuts in Senate version of Trump’s budget bill

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Recent changes to President Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut roughly $1.1 trillion in health care spending over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It also found the bill would result in 11.8 million people losing health insurance by 2034 with the majority of those cuts hitting Medicaid. Laura Barrón-López discussed the impact with Larry Levitt of KFF. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Recent changes made by Senate Republicans to President Trump's budget bill would cut roughly

0:06.3

$1.1 trillion in health care spending over the next decade.

0:10.8

That's according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

0:13.9

Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez is here now with more on the bill's

0:17.9

impact for millions of Americans.

0:20.7

Omna, that congressional budget office estimate also found the bill's impact for millions of Americans.

0:27.1

Omna, that congressional budget office estimate also found the bill would result in 11.8 million people losing health insurance by 2034. The vast majority of those cuts hitting Medicaid. To discuss this,

0:33.2

I'm joined by Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at the nonpartisan KFF.

0:38.6

Mr. Levitt, thanks so much for joining us today.

0:41.2

Thanks for having me.

0:42.3

So the Senate Republicans made a number of changes recently to this bill, and this bill

0:48.4

would make the largest cuts to Medicaid in the history of the program.

0:52.2

If Republicans end up passing it, what is the real world impact for people who could lose

0:57.0

coverage?

0:58.0

That's right.

0:59.0

This would be the biggest cut to Medicaid, in fact, the biggest cut to health care in history.

1:05.0

And, you know, that number that the Congressional Budget Office has put out that 11.8 million more people

1:12.3

would be uninsured really tells the story here.

1:15.6

I mean, it's low-income kids.

1:17.6

It's adults who are working but don't have health insurance through their jobs.

1:23.6

It's people with disabilities.

1:25.6

It's seniors who need help paying their Medicare premiums or who are in nursing homes.

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