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While many estimates are circulating, only time will reveal how many people will actually lose health insurance under the law.
Religious figures from South Carolina and 10 other Southern states say the fallout from the federal reconciliation bill 'really will affect us all'
Central New York Rep. John Mannion (D-Geddes) is back in Washington this week, as Congress returns from its July 4 break, and the freshman Democrat expects fallout to continue from the massive spending and tax bill signed by President Trump.
The office also estimated that the federal budget deficit for the first nine months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began in October, is $1.3 trillion. The number is $65 billion more than it was for the first nine months of the 2024 fiscal year.
The Congressional Budget Office predicts over 10 million people will lose Medicaid coverage in the next 10 years under President Trump's budget bill. These changes could affect healthcare costs for everyone, even those not on Medicaid. University Health President and CEO Charlie Shields said 50% of the hospital's patients are on Medicaid.
Muscatine attorney Taylor Wettach, a Democrat, is looking to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District.
Organizers are specifically targeting Southern states due to the people who will be impacted living in the region. Southern states had poverty rates of 15%, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data.