"The Trump administration's plan to strip more than $550 million in federal public health and pandemic funds from Texas helped prompt cancellation of the event just before its scheduled July 21 start. "Some people come every year and rely on it," said Hidalgo County Health and Human Services Director Dairen Sarmiento Rangel. "Some people even camp out outside of Border Health so they can be the first in line to receive services. This event is very important to our community.""
"States and local governments have made painful program cuts in the wake of major reductions in federal health funding that have already taken effect. Now, they're sizing up the financial hits to come - some not until late next year or beyond - from the " One Big Beautiful Bill Act," the tax and spending law congressional Republicans passed in July that enacts much of President Donald Trump's domestic agenda."
Residents in Texas' Rio Grande Valley relied on annual free health clinics that served uninsured Latino and Hispanic communities for over 25 years, but funding cuts canceled the event. The Trump administration moved to strip more than $550 million in federal public health and pandemic funds from Texas, prompting local program cuts. States and local governments are evaluating further impacts from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which enacts Trump domestic priorities and could reduce federal Medicaid funding to Texas by up to $39 billion over ten years through stricter enrollment controls. The reductions shift costs to states already facing budget strain.
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