Republicans in the Senate passed a bill that will eliminate health insurance for nearly 12 million Americans over the next decade, significantly impacting vulnerable populations. This legislation leads to drastic cuts in Medicaid and food stamps while threatening to close over 300 rural hospitals. A projected loss of more than $860 billion in Medicaid funding and a drop of nearly $300 billion in SNAP support further exacerbates the crisis, resulting in increased sickness and mortality among affected individuals and communities.
Under the banner of permanent tax cuts for Trump's wealthy cronies and big defense contractor paydays, Republicans in the House and Senate engineered a blueprint to gut Medicaid, slash food stamps, shutter hospitals, and deliberately create more medical and health care deserts.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms the hard truth that the bill will strip health insurance from almost 12 million Americans over the next decade, and possibly more under the Senate's harsher version.
More than $860 billion in Medicaid funding will vanish; SNAP support will plummet by nearly $300 billion. Even the American Hospital Association warns that 1.8 million rural residents could lose Medicaid coverage, forcing them to travel hours to the nearest facility.
The ramifications will be unmitigated sickness and death. Cancer patients will be denied chemo, children will starve, and pregnant women will die without prenatal care.
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