Here’s how Trump’s megabill will affect you; CNN, July 1, 2025

Zachary Wolf and Tami Luhby , CNN; Here’s how Trump’s megabill will affect you

"Seniors, students, taxpayers, children, parents, low-income Americans and just about everyone else will be affected by the massive tax and spending bill being hashed out in real time on Capitol Hill...

Here’s what we know about how the Senate bill will affect… 

people on Medicaid: millions will lose coverage...

people who need help affording food: fewer will get it...

people with Affordable Care Act policies: more difficulty getting covered...

people who aren’t on Medicaid, Obamacare or SNAP: may still feel the cuts"

An Ignominious Bill Passed By an Inglorious Body; The Bulwark, July 1, 2025

JONATHAN COHN, The Bulwark ; An Ignominious Bill Passed By an Inglorious Body

"THE LEGISLATION SENATE REPUBLICANS passed on Tuesday is probably going to kill a lot of people.

It sounds stark when you put it that way, but death is a stark thing. It’s also what can be reasonably expected from the GOP legislation, especially the cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act projected to leave nearly 12 million Americans newly uninsured.

When people can’t pay for medical care they frequently don’t get it. And when people don’t get medical care, they’re more likely to die early from a preventable condition. That’s what you’ll find if you read the latest research, and what you’ll learn if you ask people working on the front lines of medical care."

Senate megabill marks biggest Medicaid cuts in history; The Hill, July 1, 2025

NATHANIEL WEIXEL  , The Hill; Senate megabill marks biggest Medicaid cuts in history 

"Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed the largest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s, a move that would erode the social safety net and cause a spike in the number of uninsured Americans over the next decade. 

The tax and spending bill is projected to cost more than $3 trillion during that time, but it would be partially paid for with about $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid."

Murkowski Casts Decisive Vote for G.O.P. Policy Bill, Making an ‘Agonizing’ Choice; The New York Times, July 1, 2025

Annie Karni , The New York Times; Murkowski Casts Decisive Vote for G.O.P. Policy Bill, Making an ‘Agonizing’ Choice

"Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, on Tuesday cast the deciding vote for President Trump’s sprawling bill to slash taxes and social safety net programs, embracing a measure she acknowledged would harm Americans after securing carve outs to protect her constituents from its harshest impacts."

HOW FOX NEWS IS HIDING THE GOP’S BRUTAL MEDICAID CUTS; Media Matter, June 26, 2025

WRITTEN BY MATT GERTZ, RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TYLER MONROE, Media Matters; How Fox News is hiding the GOP’s brutal Medicaid cuts

Network mentions of “Biden” are outpacing “Medicaid” 10-to-1 

"Fox News has mentioned Medicaid, the vital federal health insurance program that President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are seeking to slash, significantly less often than CNN or MSNBC have, and one-tenth as frequently as it has referenced former President Joe Biden and his family, according to a Media Matters review of the first five months of the Trump administration.

Media Matters identified 1,390 mentions of the word “Medicaid” on Fox’s original programming from January 20 through June 21, based on searches of the Kinetiq database of closed-captioning transcripts. By contrast, using the same method, we found that the network mentioned “Biden” 13,289 times during that period.

Notably, Jesse Watters’ prime-time show mentioned “Biden” 1,096 times compared to only 20 mentions of “Medicaid,” a ratio of 55-to-1. The broadcast referenced “Biden” more times than any other show on the network — including those that air for two or three hours each weekday — and “Medicaid” less often than any other weekday show with the exception of Gutfeld!, which is nominally a comedy program, and Fox News @ Night."