Trumpās āOne Big Beautiful Billā Lands in Senate. Our 400th Episode!
The Houseās gigantic tax-and-spending budget reconciliation bill has landed with a thud in the Senate, where lawmakers are divided in their criticism over whether it increases the deficit too much or cuts Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act too deeply. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Officeās estimate that the bill, if enacted, could increase the ranks of the uninsured by nearly 11 million people over a decade wonāt make it an easy sell. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Arielle Zionts, who reported and wrote the latest āBill of the Monthā feature, about a Medicaid patient who had an out-of-state emergency.