Overview

• The reconciliation bill advanced by House Republicans now in Senate would trim at least $625 billion from Medicaid over a decade and is projected to leave 7.6 million Americans uninsured.
• A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine estimates that the proposed cuts could cause about 16,642 preventable deaths each year.
• Provisions include work requirements for nondisabled adults, per-capita funding caps, frozen provider taxes and a delay of streamlined eligibility rules.
• Analysis finds 1.9 million people could lose their primary care doctor, 1.3 million could skip medications and over 380,000 women might miss mammograms.
• Experts warn reduced federal support would force rural hospitals to absorb more uncompensated care, heightening closure risks.