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Gov. Kathy Hochul and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke out Sunday against expected cuts to Medicaid in President Trump's budget bill.
Nearly 11 million people would lose health coverage, mostly due to $864 billion in Medicaid cuts, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wants his “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts on his desk to be signed into law by the Fourth of July, and he’s pushing the slow-rolling Senate to make it happen sooner rather than later.
Trump aides say those cut from Medicaid as a result of the GOP megabill shouldn't have had it in the first place.
Speaker Mike Johnson denied that the tax and spending bill he shepherded through the House cuts Medicaid.
These provisions may not have top billing in the sweeping GOP tax bill, but they could have a big impact on Americans' everyday lives.
Families who rely on Medicaid to pay for children's care spoke out against proposed cuts at a roundtable in Lakewood hosted by Gov. Phil Murphy.