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"

Lisa Murkowski Gives Infuriating Defense of Vote for Trump Budget; The New Republic, July 1, 2025

Robert McCoy, The New Republic; Lisa Murkowski Gives Infuriating Defense of Vote for Trump Budget

"Murkowski today is perhaps best rebutted by the words of Murkowski eight years ago, when she held fast as Senate Republicans dangled deals before her in hopes of getting her to help repeal Obamacare: “Let’s just say that they do something that’s so Alaska-specific just to quote, ‘get me,’” she told reporters at the time. “Then you have a nationwide system that doesn’t work. That then comes crashing down and Alaska’s not able to kind of keep it together on its own.”"

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."