Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said the GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will negatively affect the healthcare, and those receiving benefits at a Thursday afternoon press conference at the Peoria County Health Department.

Duckworth said the cuts in the bill will hurt those who receive Medicaid benefits, like the disabled, and other medical facilities and programs in rural communities.The bill proposes to create stricter requirements for Medicaid recipients and cut $50 billion in federal Medicaid spending on rural hospitals over the next decade. She said she believes this is happening because the GOP needs to find $4 trillion to fund tax cuts to the upper class for ten years.

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