Medicaid
The One Big Beautiful Bill cut $911 billion from Medicaid. Work requirements failed in Arkansas and are being imposed nationwide anyway. At least 15 states have trigger laws that drop coverage when federal funding falls. Each brief covers a different piece — the federal cuts, the state-level fallout, and who loses coverage.
5 briefs in this series
- $911B
- cut from Medicaid over 10 years by the One Big Beautiful Bill CBO
- 10M
- more Americans projected to be uninsured by 2034 CBO
- 15
- states with trigger laws that drop Medicaid expansion when federal funding falls KFF
- $26M
- Arkansas spent implementing work requirements that did not increase employment Arkansas DHS
The Cuts
$911B over ten years. 15 states with trigger laws. 10 million more uninsured by 2034.
$911 Billion in Medicaid Cuts Are Now Law. Here's What Hits First.
The One Big Beautiful Bill cut $911B from Medicaid. Work requirements, FMAP reductions, and hospital funding losses are hitting states now.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Turns One. Here Are the 10 Provisions That Changed the Most.
One year after the One Big Beautiful Bill became law, here's what it actually did to Medicaid, SNAP, taxes, vouchers, and student loans.
15 States Have Trigger Laws That Drop Medicaid Expansion When Federal Funding Falls
15 states tied their Medicaid expansion to federal funding levels. When the One Big Beautiful Bill cuts that funding, those states automatically drop coverage for millions.
1 more brief coming soon.
Work Requirements
18,000 lost coverage in Arkansas. Employment did not increase. Congress is doing it nationwide.
She Was Working When They Cut Her Medicaid. Arkansas Proved Work Requirements Don't Work. Congress Is Imposing Them Anyway.
10.1 million people could lose Medicaid by 2028 under work requirements. 6 in 10 already work. Arkansas tried it first. 18,000 people lost coverage in 7 months. Employment did not increase. Congress is doing it nationwide.
Arkansas Proved Medicaid Work Requirements Don't Work. Congress Made Them National Law Anyway.
5.2 million adults will lose Medicaid by 2034 under new federal work requirements. Nebraska is already enforcing them. Here's what you can do.
1 more brief coming soon.