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#medicaid

Donald Trump shows me what's politically possible, he said on The Breakfast Club on Monday. Trump shows me what presidents can do when they want to do it. Donald Trump shows me what can be said if you're willing to say it. It's not about what can't be done; it's about who has the political will to do it. I don't want to hear a peep from Democrats about nothing until they get the ball to say what's really on their mind in regards to this country and this world," he said.

We worked on rescissions, and there'll be more of that, we expect, in the days ahead,

Many Massachusetts residents are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage, SNAP benefits, and more under the cuts. Massachusetts officials launched a new online dashboard this week designed to clearly show how federal funding cuts are negatively impacting Massachusetts under the Trump administration. All told, the state has lost about $3.7 billion due to President Trump and a Congress beholden to him, according to the dashboard.

Pediatricians report that for the first time, parents of newborns are asking if their babies will still be able to get vaccines due to rising concerns.

"There's a lot the state can do-they certainly should not be exacerbating the federal impacts," Williams said. "The most recent budget adopted by the state layers its own medical cuts on top of federal cuts, and that is very concerning. The state needs to take care of its public hospital systems."

The Trump administration on Thursday said it will restrict waivers that have allowed states to keep kids enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program beyond the 12-month period of continuous coverage required under federal law.

"They require the supervision of a 2-year-old because they don't always understand danger. It's pretty stressful on a regular basis."

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), passed on July 4, 2025, enacts significant cuts to Medicaid and imposes restrictions on the Essential Plan, endangering coverage for 1.5 million New Yorkers.

There will be no amnesty for illegal agricultural workers in the U.S., and Americans on Medicaid should replace them, according to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins.