Kentucky governor hits Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear President Donald argued that the Medicaid cuts in the comprehensive tax policy bill of Trump would have a “destructive yarnı effect on rural communities.
Democrat, in his interview on July 6, “Union State” in his interview to CNN’dan Dana Bash, “This is the worst legislation I’ve ever seen and a congress in rural America Republican and Presidential attack.” He said.
Approximately 200,000 people in Kentucky can lose health services New working requirements for Medicaid and other restrictions claimed by healthcare professionals under the draft law Trigger Hospital Closes in rural areas.
MPs included a fund of $ 50 billion in the legislation to support these hospitals, but experts say that It will not be enough to compensate for a decrease of $ 155 billion in federal medicaid expenditures in rural areas.
Beshear, who was accepted as a potential presidential candidate for the party in 2028, said that up to 35 rural hospitals in Kentucky may be at the risk of closing as a result of the bill.
“This means that our economy gets a big hit,” he said.
“You lose 200 jobs from doctors and nurses and orders, and suddenly the café shop gets worse, there are no more people as the bank does not come in. This will hit rural America.”
Nevertheless, the Republicans argued that the implementation of working needs for Medicaid-free adults for Medicaid is popular among the selections, and more often other changes, such as compatibility controls, are common sense options.
Unfortunately, the Democrats think that poor people are stupid. I don’t think poor people are stupid. I think they will register twice a year for these benefits, “said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at CNN on July 6.
“People who want to attract babies to the poor and people who need this medicaid benefits are alarm.”
Republicans in the Congress passed the big tax cut and spending package on July 3. Trump signed the law on July 4th.
This was the main objective of Trump and Republican leadership in the Congress, who caught a Trifecta during the 2024 elections and used these political muscles to force what they gave their name. “A big, beautiful bill” Fast fire speed from both rooms.
Pasaj came to deep reservations in his own parties and despite the unanimous opposition of the Democrats, who saw the congress as a ticket to recover the majority of the congress in 2026.
This article was initially published on the Usa Today: Beshear cuts Trump’s Medicaid ‘attack on rural America’
