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Dr. Oz Tells Americans Who Are Concerned About Medicaid Cuts to Eat Less Cake
Millions of Americans will lose health care coverage due to the Medicaid cuts in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill.”

The Trump Administration Is Planning to Use AI to Deny Medicare Authorizations
The government plans to partner with private companies to automate prior authorizations.

Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse.
Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.

Federal Judge Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood in Trump-GOP Budget Law
Planned Parenthood welcomed the decision to issue a temporary injunction but stressed that the legal battle is not over.

Trump Falsely Calls “Big Beautiful Bill” the “Most Popular” Law Ever Signed
One poll published in June found that nearly 6 in 10 Americans were opposed to the bill.

States Scramble to Protect Hospitals Ahead of Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts
One analysis estimates that US hospitals could lose nearly $665 billion in Medicaid funding over the next 10 years.

Republican Lawmaker Dumped Medicaid-Related Stock Before Voting to Gut Program
Elizabeth Warren said Robert Bresnahan protected his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million.

Republican Governors Quiet Amid Plans to Slash Medicaid Spending in Their States
They’re saying little publicly in the face of cuts that will punch multibillion-dollar holes in their states’ budgets.

JD Vance Says Medicaid Cuts for Millions “Immaterial” Compared to Funding ICE
Vance handwaved away the Medicaid cuts — expected to lead to thousands of deaths yearly — as “minutiae.”

The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun
Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.