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Trump GOP ACA Subsidy Cuts Already Strip 3 Million

8/16/2026

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican Congress members are cutting ACA subsidies, threatening insurance gains.
  • The cuts have already caused three million Americans—including one-third of Ohio’s marketplace enrollees—to lose coverage.
  • Board says cuts will start sweeping Medicaid reductions next year and could strip 14 million people of coverage by 2034.
  • The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities notes two-thirds of those Medicaid enrollees would be eligible under the new paperwork requirement.