One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will add $3 trillion to the deficit.To pay for that, lawmakers made deep cuts to safety net programs, including Medicaid,

Congress has signed off on a $3.4 trillion legislative package featuring new tax breaks, spending cuts, and more funding for defense and immigration enforcement, delivering President Donald Trump his “big, beautiful bill” despite rumblings from fiscal hawks about the projected $4 trillion it could add to the national debt over the next decade.