Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth says the GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will negatively affect the healthcare

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.

When asked about alternative funding for those programs, Duckworth said the money used for ‘tax breaks for the 1%.’

“The alternative funding is not to give tax cuts to the top one percent of this country,” said Duckworth. “You have to understand these cuts are going to help those making over $400,000 per year and up, and for the rest of us, it’s a cut.”

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