What Trump’s Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety ArticleJuly 7, 2025 What Trump’s Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety In addition to cutting health care and food assistance programs, the act’s energy and environmental provisions would raise energy costs, increase pollution affecting Americans’ health, and increase safety risks in a worsening climate. Jul 7, 2025 Lucero Marquez, Jasia Smith
10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJuly 3, 2025 10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars. Jul 3, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Natasha Murphy, 9 More Kierra B. Jones, Andrés Argüello, Lily Roberts, Kyle Ross, Michael Sozan, Silva Mathema, Sara Partridge, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Corey Husak
$1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math ArticleJuly 3, 2025 $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts—$1 Trillion in Tax Giveaways for the Richest 1 Percent: The One Big ‘Beautiful’ Bill’s Budget Math The congressional Republican bill will cause millions of low-income Americans to lose Medicaid coverage in order to fund tax giveaways for the top 1 percent of households. Jul 3, 2025 Micah Johnson, Andrea Ducas
You Thought Medicare Was Safe? Think Again. In the NewsJuly 1, 2025 You Thought Medicare Was Safe? Think Again. In an op-ed published by The Contrarian, Donald Berwick explains how congressional Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill threatens to cut more than $535 billion from Medicaid over the next nine years. Jul 1, 2025 The Contrarian Donald Berwick
For disabled Americans, Medicaid work requirements don’t work In the NewsJune 30, 2025 For disabled Americans, Medicaid work requirements don’t work In an op-ed published by The Contrarian, Mia Ives-Rublee and external co-author Nicole Jorwic illustrate how Medicaid work requirements proposed in Repblicans' tax and budget bill will harm disabled Americans. Jun 30, 2025 The Contrarian Mia Ives-Rublee, Nicole Jorwic
The Top 5 Ways the Congressional Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Harm Disabled Students ReportJune 30, 2025 The Top 5 Ways the Congressional Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Harm Disabled Students Disabled students will be disproportionately hurt by the Republican budget reconciliation bill, losing access to essential services and resources that support their education and help them become contributing members of their communities. Jun 30, 2025 Mia Ives-Rublee, Weadé James
LGBTQI+ People Are Underinsured and Experience Health Insurance Discrimination in Key Areas ArticleJune 30, 2025 LGBTQI+ People Are Underinsured and Experience Health Insurance Discrimination in Key Areas New Center for American Progress survey findings demonstrate how LGBTQI+ people are at greater risk of losing access to health care under the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Jun 30, 2025 Haley Norris
Young Adults With Lower Incomes Would Face Sharp ACA Premium Cost Increases Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 27, 2025 Young Adults With Lower Incomes Would Face Sharp ACA Premium Cost Increases Under the Big Beautiful Bill Act The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would hike premium costs for young adults, hitting those with modest incomes the hardest. Jun 27, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
How To Make America Sick ArticleJune 26, 2025 How To Make America Sick The Trump administration’s plan to “Make America Healthy Again” will make Americans’ health worse. Jun 26, 2025 Donald Berwick
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Ravage Regions Won by Donald Trump While Giving Tax Breaks to the Rich ArticleJune 13, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Ravage Regions Won by Donald Trump While Giving Tax Breaks to the Rich Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy tax credits would devastate people in communities that voted for President Donald Trump. Jun 13, 2025 Kierra B. Jones, Andrea Ducas, Kyle Ross, 6 More Lily Roberts, Lucero Marquez, Jamie Friedman, Colin Seeberger, Kennedy Andara, Andrés Argüello
House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance ArticleJune 12, 2025 House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill Would Make Health Care More Expensive for Americans With Medicare and Other Insurance A new Center for American Progress analysis shows how House Republican health care cuts would cost many families with Medicaid, Medicare, ACA marketplace plans, and job-based coverage up to thousands of dollars per year in additional premiums, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket expenses. Jun 12, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas
New CBO Estimates Confirm Massive Rise in Uncompensated Care Costs Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 10, 2025 New CBO Estimates Confirm Massive Rise in Uncompensated Care Costs Under One Big Beautiful Bill Act New projections from the Congressional Budget Office indicate the House-passed tax and budget bill would lead to 16 million people becoming uninsured, resulting in hospitals and other health care providers shouldering an estimated $36 billion in additional uncompensated care costs by 2034. Jun 10, 2025 Andrés Argüello, Andrea Ducas