Lawmaker warns Senate version would deepen Medicaid cuts, projects about 11 million could lose coverage

Jul 17, 2025

A lawmaker in the transcript said the Senate version of a measure increases Medicaid cuts from $760 billion to $841 billion and projected that roughly 11 million people could lose Medicaid over the coming decade, calling the rollback ‘‘unprecedented’’ after the Affordable Care Act.

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A lawmaker who spoke in the transcript said the Senate version of the measure would increase proposed Medicaid cuts from $760 billion to $841 billion and warned that the change could strip coverage from roughly 11 million people over the next decade.

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