Timeline: When the pain comes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
When Republican senators were looking for savings to offset tax cuts in their tax and spending bill, they found billions in Medicaid. The work requirement in that program alone produces about $325 billion over 10 years. But three-quarters of that comes after 2030. As for when it sets in, that will vary across the country. It could be now. It could be in 2027. It could be later.
The end of automatic enrollment in Obamacare? That doesn’t come until 2028.
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