The Trump administration enacted federal cuts to Medicaid-funded services.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources establish that the Trump administration's 2025 tax and policy law (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) enacted large federal cuts to Medicaid, with CBO projecting roughly $900 billion to $1 trillion in reductions and 7.5 million fewer insured, and that further Medicaid cuts were pursued after enactment.
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… County home care workers voted to form a union with SEIU. Sound familiar? Nearly 30 years later, these caregivers in New York are following in those footsteps. As the union noted, the filing comes at a fraught moment for care in America. Medicaid funded services face devastating federal cuts enacted under the Trump administration, which has villainized this workforce with its waste, fraud, abuse campaign. At the same time, the nation's rapidly aging population is driving growing demand for care. …
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Supports. The AP reports that sweeping Medicaid changes under President Trump's 2025 tax cut and policy law are projected to result in 7.5 million fewer people with health insurance, per CBO.[1]
Supports. The Baker Institute states the OBBBA, signed by Trump on July 4, 2025, implemented significant Medicaid fiscal changes, with CBO projecting roughly $900 billion in cuts over a decade.[3]
Supports. STAT reports the One Big Beautiful Bill Act directs CMS to trim state directed payments to providers, and the administration disclosed plans to cut them even further.[4]
Supports. Reuters-syndicated and The Hill coverage describe the law as reducing Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion, and CBPP reports the 2025 law cut federal Medicaid spending by over $245 billion over the next decade.[2][5]
Context. Some Republicans, such as Rep. Valadao, dispute that the law makes 'actual cuts' to Medicaid, and CBPP's $245 billion figure for one provision differs in scope from the CBO's $191 billion estimate, so magnitudes vary by measure.[2][5]
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5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1Thousands of legal immigrants lose Medicaid coverage under ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Republicans struggle for an answer to Democrats’ Medicaid attacksthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 3Health Policy in the First Year of Trump's Second Administrationbakerinstitute.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Trump wants to expand Medicaid cuts, building on tax cut billstatnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Trump Administration Ramps Up Attacks on Medicaid ...cbpp.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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