Make America Uninsured Again

让美国再次回归无保险状态

Today, Explained

2025-07-03

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If the Senate's massive tax and immigration bill passes the House it will be the biggest cut to Medicaid since the program began and could fracture the GOP's 2024 base. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Yesterday's Senate vote to pass President Trump's legislative agenda means it's now in the House's hands and Senator John Fetterman can finally go.

  • It was a tight vote, a lot to fight about in 900 plus pages,

  • but the loudest fight was over Medicaid.

  • Trump's tax cuts had to be paid for and the bill uses new work requirements and cuts to Medicaid to do that.

  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates around 12 million people could lose their health insurance in the next decade.

  • is so mad, you guys.

  • When they get sick, they will not be able to get chemotherapy,

  • or they will have to go into medical debt to get chemotherapy.

  • Like, why?

  • So I can get a tax cut?

  • The fact is that in the 2024 election,

  • President Trump got a huge share of the working class vote,

  • so many of his voters risk losing their insurance now,

  • a thing that some Republicans had copped to, then voted for it anyway.

  • That's all ahead on Today Explained.

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