The Senate has passed President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts bill, which will have a major impact on health insurance programs for low-income families. The bill was voted 50-50, forcing Vice President J.D. Vance to vote, and the bill passed by a margin of 51-50. The tax cuts and immigration-strengthening bill, which the president calls the “Big Beautiful Bill,” cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid and state-federal health programs for low-income families and people with disabilities. The bill aims to eliminate insurance for 11.8 million people over the next decade. Joan Elker, research professor, executive director and co-founder of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said the cuts are the largest in U.S. history. According to Democratic leaders opposing the bill, this bill will make poor people poorer and leave them with no recourse.
