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Trump Medicaid Cuts Could Leave 15 Million Uninsured by 2034

6/23/2026

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Protect Our Care says President Donald Trump’s Medicaid-cut law and December ACA subsidy expiration caused 5 million to lose coverage, which Congressional Budget Office says could leave 15 million Americans uninsured by 2034.
Medicaid enrollment fell in Indiana, Louisiana, Arizona, Rhode Island and Delaware, states with largest declines.
ACA plan enrollment dropped in North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Delaware, with work-requirement rules and CMS exemption criteria to deepen losses.

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Protect Our Care says President Donald Trump’s Medicaid-cut law and December ACA subsidy expiration caused 5 million to lose coverage, which Congressional Budget Office says could leave 15 million Americans uninsured by 2034.
Medicaid enrollment fell in Indiana, Louisiana, Arizona, Rhode Island and Delaware, states with largest declines.
ACA plan enrollment dropped in North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Delaware, with work-requirement rules and CMS exemption criteria to deepen losses.