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Ten million stripped of coverage

Trump and Republicans cut health coverage while the richest tenth got a tax-law raise.

The transfer, plainly
Who acted
Trump signed it. Republicans in Congress passed it.
Who gained
The richest tenth gains about $13,600 a year from the same law’s tax provisions.
What working people pay
CBO projects 10 million more people without health insurance by 2034.
The connection
The coverage losses come from health provisions in the law that also delivered the tax gains.

Receipt: CBO’s coverage estimate and enacted-law distribution table

CBO projects Trump's 2025 law will leave 10 million more people without insurance by 2034 — through Medicaid paperwork, eligibility limits, and insurance-market changes.

That count does not include the ACA premium help that expired on top of it. Add that in, and analysts put the total near 15 million.

Trump signed it. Republicans passed it. The same law's tax provisions give the richest tenth about $13,600 a year. No insurance means skipped care, medical debt, and the ER as a doctor's office.

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Trump signed it. Republicans passed it. Ten million more people lose insurance while the richest tenth gets a $13,600-a-year tax-law raise.

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