Millions of Kids Could Lose Insurance as GOP Healthcare Cuts Start To Bite
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have lost insurance since President Donald Trump took office in 2025. Another million could lose it amid the Trump administrations immigration crackdown and new Medicaid eligibility rules. On WAMUs Health Hub on June 3, 窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner explained how fear and confusion complicate access to health coverage.
Last years big cuts to federal healthcare programs in the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act created an affordability crunch for many Americans. Theyve ushered in higher health insurance premiums and confusion about whos covered under new Medicaid rules.
Another result has been falling enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans and Medicaid. Thats leaving uninsured, according to an analysis by the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families. 窪蹋勛圖厙 News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared June 3 on WAMUs Health Hub to explain whos vulnerable to losing coverage and what it all could mean for the prices Americans pay for health insurance next year.
