250K Washingtonians may lose Medicaid coverage

Published July 19, 2025 3:36pm ET



(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray warned Friday that 14 hospitals in her home state of Washington may close due to Medicaid cuts in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

President Donald Trump signed the roughly 900-page bill, which fulfills much of his agenda, into law on July 4. The budget reconciliation package is expected to increase the national deficit by around $4 trillion over the next decade, while reducing federal Medicaid spending by $1 trillion.

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