Advocates are bracing for potential cuts to Georgia’s safety net programs under the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” moving through Congress, though it remains to be seen what changes to programs like Medicaid will end up in the final version.
As is, the federal measure would cut more than $600 billion over the next decade from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans and people with disabilities. The savings would go toward extending President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on the bill this week.
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