Broadcast nightly news ignores Senate's proposed cuts to Medicaid

The nightly news programs on ABC, CBS, and NBC have completely ignored the Senate GOP’s proposed Medicaid cuts in the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

The House’s version of the bill threatened to leave 10.9 million Americans uninsured because of proposed Medicaid cuts and changes to the Affordable Care Act. On June 16, Senate Republicans unveiled their proposal, which contained even deeper Medicaid cuts, a lower state and local tax deduction cap, and expanded work requirements for parents with children over 14 years old. The Senate version would potentially slash up to $1 trillion from Medicaid over a decade – $200 billion more than the House version would – and could “shutter” rural hospitals.