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Senate's Medicaid Overhaul Could Endanger 5 Million Lives

6/18/2025

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The Senate Finance Committee's draft budget reconciliation bill could reshape Medicaid by introducing work requirements for some enrollees. The Urban Institute raises alarms, predicting that these changes might strip 5 million individuals of their insurance and result in 16,642 preventable deaths. Tensions loom as the Senate and House clash over provider taxes and eligibility cuts.

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The Senate Finance Committee's draft budget reconciliation bill could reshape Medicaid by introducing work requirements for some enrollees. The Urban Institute raises alarms, predicting that these changes might strip 5 million individuals of their insurance and result in 16,642 preventable deaths. Tensions loom as the Senate and House clash over provider taxes and eligibility cuts.