News Summary

• The tax and spending bill includes nearly $1 trillion in cuts over the next decade to Medicaid.
• Louisiana, where almost half of the state depended on Medicaid in 2023, could lose up to $34 billion in federal Medicaid dollars.
• Residents of the Delta say they feel similarly distraught and are wondering how Congress could be blind to how much they are struggling.Nationwide, about 10 million people are expected to become uninsured over ten years because of the law, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
• The law imposes new work reporting requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees and will make them verify eligibility every six months, instead of yearly.