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On the recordJuly 22, 2025
Republicans rammed through Trumps' big budget betrayal with the largest cut to healthcare in American history. It will cut Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act by over $1.1 trillion. In Michigan, in my State alone, over 450,000 people are now at risk of losing their healthcare coverage, including children, seniors, and people with disabilities in our district. These cuts will also impact EMS and ambulance services across our Nation. This budget will shrink the funds available to these departments and make it impossible for them to keep operating. The impact will also be felt in rural areas where hospitals and community health centers will close because they rely heavily on Medicaid reimbursements. We all know we have sick care in our country, and Medicaid is the only Band-aid right now to keep it all together. This bill is a death sentence, and over 50,000 people will die as a result of it. Madam Speaker, you will see. Republicans gave away trillions of dollars to the richest people on the planet and are letting our children and seniors die from the lack of healthcare coverage. They should be ashamed.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the impact of budget cuts to healthcare during a speech on the House floor.

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