“Medicaid really is a foundational pillar of hospital financing in the U.S., particularly for those hospitals that serve low-income, elderly or disabled populations across the country,” said Alan Condon, the editor-in-chief of Becker’s Healthcare, a health care business news publication.

Low-income green card holders still within the mandatory five-year waiting period for Medicaid would be among those most affected.

Trump Signs the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Into Law transcript It’s the biggest bill of its type in history. We’ve never had anything like that before. Nothing like that they thought would be possible to get passed.