Senate Republicans on Tuesday passed the largest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s, a move that would erode the social safety net and cause a spike in the number of uninsured

The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill" passed on July 1 on a 51-50 vote after three Republicans defected, requiring Vice President JD Vance to break the tie in a dramatic flourish and send the bill back to the House for final approval but where the outcome remains uncertain.

U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who represents Kentucky's 6th District including Lexington, championed President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and secured votes to get it passed.

Senate Republicans restored major Medicaid cuts to Donald Trump’s signature economic legislation, re-fashioning a key provision to overcome a procedural obstacle.Spending cuts to the health insurance program for the poor and disabled partially offset revenue losses from tax cuts in the measure and are a crucial demand of GOP fiscal conservatives.

Vice President JD Vance said cuts to Medicaid and budget impacts in the Senate tax bill don't compare to the importance of ICE spending.

As deep as the House’s Medicaid cuts are for New York, the Senate’s reductions are deeper. Public health officials and hospital groups have been sounding increasingly dire alarms about the domestic policy bill Senate Republicans are advancing this week to enact much of President Trump’s domestic policy agenda.

Colorado’s Democratic leaders blasted congressional Republicans’ tax bill as a “complete betrayal” after the bill passed the U.S. Senate and hurtled toward its potential

Hundreds of thousands of Americans, including residents of Republican-led states could lose insurance coverage under GOP spending bill.