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The OBBBA includes historic cuts to Medicaid, SNAP food assistance, and Obamacare subsidies to offset the cost of Trump's approximately $4 trillion in tax cuts.
reported by 4 outlets · Attributed statement · first recorded Jul 9, 12:46 PM
Outlets disagree on this: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as reported by Talking Points Memo, denied that there are any Medicaid cuts, citing CBO baseline projections showing increased nominal spending, which contradicts reporting by multiple outlets characterizing the OBBBA as including historic Medicaid cuts.
How each outlet reported it
talkingpointsmemo.comUnrated · Jul 9, 12:46 PM
Republicans enacted historic Medicaid cuts in last year's reconciliation bill dubbed the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
Details: OBBBA; reconciliation bill
talkingpointsmemo.comUnrated · Jul 9, 12:46 PM
OBBBA cut Medicaid benefits for millions of people
Details: millions of people
themarysue.comUnrated · Jul 9, 12:46 PM
The law partially offsets its costs by slashing funding for Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and healthcare subsidies.
Details: Medicaid; nutrition assistance; healthcare subsidies
thegrio.comUnrated · Jul 9, 12:46 PM
The OBBBA includes historic cuts to Medicaid, SNAP food assistance, and Obamacare subsidies to offset the cost of Trump's $4 trillion tax cuts
Cites: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies · Details: $4 trillion
rawstory.comUnrated · Jul 9, 12:46 PM
The OBBBA includes a $1.4 trillion cut to Medicaid
Details: $1.4 trillion; Medicaid cuts