Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) Claims 17 MILLION Americans Will Lose Medicaid If The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Passes”
“How many people will lose health care in YOUR state under Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill?” Warren posted on X Monday evening with a breakdown of each state.
• Alabama – 219,803
• Alaska – 39,989
• Arizona – 365,984
• Arkansas – 158,745
• California – 2,368,466
• Colorado – 240,953
• Connecticut – 86,580
• Delaware – 54,957
• Florida – 1,936,421
• Georgia – 651,540
• Hawaii – 62,483
• Idaho – 72,815
• Illinois – 535,849
• Indiana – 267,996
• Iowa – 113,979
• Kansas – 92,937
• Kentucky – 184,526
• Louisiana – 267,550
• Maine – 61,488
• Maryland – 245,929
• Massachusetts – 326,262
• Michigan – 453,101
• Minnesota – 173,268
• Mississippi – 153,910
• Missouri – 265,298
• Montana – 55,981
• Nebraska – 78,275
• Nevada – 114,500
• New Hampshire – 46,388
• New Jersey – 363,330
• New Mexico – 111,997
• New York – 1,019,121
• North Carolina – 651,982
• North Dakota – 24,488
• Ohio – 489,815
• Oklahoma – 211,794
• Oregon – 198,089
• Pennsylvania – 483,868
• Rhode Island – 47,359
• South Carolina – 285,857
• South Dakota – 33,838
• Tennessee – 310,056
• Texas – 1,671,965
• Utah – 188,494
• Vermont –35,242
• Virginia – 322,984
• Washington – 328,695
• West Virginia – 82,225
• Wisconsin – 276,175
• Wyoming – 20,407
That’s 17 MILLION lives Republicans are putting at risk,” she added.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican lawmakers have said that those losing insurance coverage would be people who shouldn’t have received it in the first place.
“The numbers of Americans who are affected are those that are entwined in our work to eliminate fraud, waste and abuse,” Johnson said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on May 25. He claimed that “pregnant women and young single mothers, the disabled, the elderly … are protected” under the bill.
The House speaker and other Republicans have said the bill, called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, actually saves the Medicaid program, even though it cuts federal Medicaid spending. In a May 20 statement, Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma said the bill “stops the subsidization of competent adults who are just choosing to not work.”
KFF estimated that the bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by a net $793 billion over 10 years, based on CBO’s analysis. That’s a 12% reduction in federal Medicaid funding. Yet, Johnson has claimed that the spending cuts aren’t cuts at all. “There are no Medicaid cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill. We’re not cutting Medicaid,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on June 1. “What we’re doing is strengthening the program. We’re reducing fraud, waste and abuse that is rampant in Medicaid to ensure that that program is essential for so many people, ensure that it’s available for the most vulnerable.”