key provisions in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' take effect
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Medicaid is the state's largest health insurer, covering a quarter of Michigan residents. Reform supporters say the changes will eliminate loopholes.
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act created federal work requirements for Medicaid recipients, which amount to 80 hours a month in community engagement activities to maintain eligibility.
Ohio will get a boost in Medicaid funding, but patients could still lose care or face barriers under a new federal law.
One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.
Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.
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President Donald Trump signed the “Big, Beautiful Bill” into law Friday, triggering a countdown to cuts that will impact many Maryland residents in the coming years. Republicans passed the legislation Thursday after Congress pulled two all-nighters to meet Trump’s self-imposed July 4 deadline.
Some of the bill’s changes go into effect later this year, while others won’t start until after the midterms in 2026.
How a handful of Republicans learned to stop worrying and love the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ after switching their votes - Republicans who thought the spending cuts were insufficient or that the bill cut too much into Medicaid suddenly seem at ease with their vote,