If President Donald Trump’s tax bill becomes law, millions of people are expected to lose access to Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doesn’t feel bad for them — and has argued, in fact, that stripping their health care is the …
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Every Summer, my wife and I pack up our three kids and the family dog and drive an hour-and-a-half from our home in Portland, Oregon, to the forested shores of Timothy Lake for a camping trip. The lake is technically a reservoir — with a small dam at the western …
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The House reconciliation bill — officially known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — is extraordinary in how much it robs from the poor to boost the rich. Its tax cuts for the wealthy are financed by cuts to health care coverage (both in Medicaid and Obamacare) that will …
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Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is a reverse-Robin Hood nightmare. It steals from the poor to give to the rich. The 1,038-page version that passed the House will also balloon the deficit by nearly $4 trillion. The Trump tax bill achieves this feat by extending (and in many cases expanding) …
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