July 4, 2025. Selected links to news articles from July 3-4.
Trump signs big tax cut and spending bill into law in July Fourth ceremony
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-signs-big-tax-cut-spending-bill-law-july-fourth-ceremony-rcna216753
How Might Federal Medicaid Cuts in the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Affect Rural Areas? | KFF
Diagnosing Medicaid Cuts To Hospitals In The One, Big, Beautiful Bill
US House passes massive tax break and spending cut bill, sending it to Trump
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/07/03/repub/breaking-us-house-passes-massive-tax-break-and-spending-cut-bill-sending-it-to-trump/
Hakeem Jeffries breaks House record with marathon speech, delaying vote
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-minority-leader-hakeem-jeffries-blasts-republicans-trump-agenda-rcna216731
What's buried in the bill
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-c359d0dd-f47a-4ffb-809a-b763da7bd2c5.html
Five takeaways from the GOP reconciliation drama - Punchbowl News
https://punchbowl.news/archive/7425-am/
How Trump’s big bill will affect you, from Medicaid cuts to tax credits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/03/big-beautiful-bill-impacts-medicaid-taxes/
Republicans ‘folded in the end,’ passing Trump’s sweeping agenda bill
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/republicans-folded-in-the-end-passing-trump-s-sweeping-agenda-bill-242677317624
All the times the Freedom Caucus folded under pressure from Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/03/house-freedom-caucus-backs-down-again/
Trump ignored GOP warnings to gamble on a politically risky bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/03/trump-republicans-medicaid-tax-bill/
‘There will be consequences’ for GOP in 2026 after passing Trump's bill, says House Democrat
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/-there-will-be-consequences-for-gop-in-2026-after-passing-trump-s-bill-says-house-democrat-242678341547
Medicaid's many different names may cause confusion about who's losing coverage
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/04/nx-s1-5454819/medicaids-many-different-names-may-cause-confusion-about-whos-losing-coverage
Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/07/03/health-care-would-be-slashed-even-for-immigrants-with-legal-status-under-massive-senate-bill/
Does Trump really not understand his huge bill cuts Medicaid? | Vox
https://www.vox.com/politics/418843/trump-medicaid-cuts-promise-big-beautiful-bill
Republicans now own America’s broken health care system
The $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts will be felt by all Americans
https://www.vox.com/health-care/418431/big-beautiful-bill-lose-medicaid-trump
1 big thing: 218-214
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pm-066752e0-582e-11f0-91a5-0b493d340bcd.html
Dr. Oz helps seal the deal on Trump’s tax-cut bill
https://www.statnews.com/2025/07/03/health-policy-politics-dr-oz-trump-tax-cuts-rfk-jr-vaccine-recs-dc-diagnosis/?utm_campaign=rss
Missouri abortion rights amendment trumps most restrictions, judge rules https://missouriindependent.com/2025/07/03/missouri-abortion-rights-amendment-trumps-most-restrictions-judge-rules/
Lawsuit challenges ballot language for proposed Missouri abortion ban https://missouriindependent.com/2025/07/03/lawsuit-challenges-ballot-language-for-proposed-missouri-abortion-ban/
Drugmakers Notch a $5 Billion Win in Republicans’ Policy Bill
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/health/trump-bill-medicare-drug-prices.html
Older adults now outnumber children in 11 states https://missouriindependent.com/2025/07/03/older-adults-now-outnumber-children-in-11-states/
States Sue After Trump Admin Releases Private Medicaid Data to Deportation Officials
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaid/116357
States Brace for Reversal of Obamacare Coverage Gains Under Trump’s Budget Bill
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/affordable-care-act-aca-obamacare-coverage-gains-threatened-1bbb-uninsurance/
The GOP budget bill threatens to defund Planned Parenthood
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/04/nx-s1-5455874/the-gop-budget-bill-threatens-to-defund-planned-parenthood