Sharp Medicaid cuts could result in vulnerable Americans no longer being able to receive care, either by losing coverage or by closing the centers that provide such care.

It also takes aim at Medicaid, the federal and state health program that covered 78.6 million low-income children and adults as of March 2025, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has passed the Senate and is set to pass in the House on Thursday. If it does, the bill will head to the White House for the president to sign. For many Medicaid and food stamps recipients,