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When she transitioned to working part-time last year, Rosa María Carranza counted on getting Medicare and Social Security checks. But Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrants will soon be cut out of Medicare. The GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed last July by President Donald Trump, barred certain categories of lawfully present immigrants from Medicare.
On January 5, the Department of Health and Human Services reduced the number of diseases targeted on the childhood immunization schedule from 17 to 11. The changes come due to false claims pushed by President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the number of vaccines for U.S. children could be linked to chronic health conditions or autism.
Chaz and Jean Franklin were facing a sevenfold increase in their health premium payments with the expiration of enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans at the end of 2025. Then Jean received a crushing diagnosis that will claim her life but save the couple money.
Some hospitals are registering patients detained by federal immigration officers under pseudonyms and prohibiting staff from contacting family members. Attorneys and health care workers say the practices facilitate rights violations and create ethical concerns. Hospitals say they’re trying to protect patients.
The U.S. government shut down from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12 after Congress could not agree on a federal budget for fiscal year 2026. The two parties came to a head over healthcare as Republicans proposed a budget that would cause millions of low-income Americans to lose their health insurance. Here are the facts you need to know.
H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), was passed into law by Congress on July 4, 2025. This major spending act will add $3.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade. OBBBA will fund tax cuts while making cuts to essential programs like Medicaid, a joint federal-state health insurance program administered by the states and relied on by millions of disabled and low-income Americans.