Little progress and much confusion as the Senate slogs it out through the night.
Medicaid
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Murkowski’s Alaska Gold Rush Loses Some Gold Plating
Several perks for Alaska are thrown out of the bill. Will the senior Senator from the state remain loyal?
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The Alaska Gold Rush
The Senate bids to save its Big Beautiful Bill by buying off Sen. Lisa Murkowski of the 49th state.
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New Byrd Violations Threaten Trump’s Beautiful Bill
The parliamentarian kicked out a key Medicaid provision, part of a $587 billion rollback in spending cuts. Republicans don’t have good options to deal with that.
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The Word Games That Enable Medicaid Cuts
We don’t call it Medicaid in many states, and we use euphemisms for what are in reality cuts. That endangers the system, a health care regulator writes.
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Senate Finance Committee Endangers Even More Medicaid Patients
The Senate draft makes changes that will annoy House moderates and conservatives. But on Medicaid, it goes further than the House, threatening the lives of more Americans.
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Trump’s Reverse Robin Hood Agenda Hits Home Stretch
The Big Beautiful Bill will benefit the rich and hurt the poor, while reducing economic growth and causing mass death. Other than that, it’s perfect.
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Republicans Have a Solution for Their Deficit Problem: Flagrant Lies
Rejecting reality, they substitute their own.
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Red Line Season: Senators Lay Down Their Must-Haves for Mega-Bill
Clean energy, state taxes, Medicaid, and much more are being debated.
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Trump’s Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
It will also increase the national debt by $2.4 trillion.
