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Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' contains roughly $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and solidified the tax cuts from Trump’s first term.
Democrats plan to make that expected fallout a campaign focus, while Republicans argue the bill will boost the economy.
Millions will lose Medicaid coverage, hospitals’ uncompensated work will increase and insurers will lose big business.
President Donald Trump’s farce of a law constitutes the single biggest upward transfer of wealth in our nation’s history, writes Harris Factor.
The sweeping tax cut legislation delivers on several key pillars of President Trump’s agenda, most notably the permanent ...
State Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, supported a lot of aspects of this years state budget but shared he ultimately voted ...
Yup, time to revamp Medicaid. Lower income people have just had it too good too long. Rural hospitals have just had it too good. People who access federal health insurance programs have just had it ...
If you’re wondering who really benefits from this tax-cut largess, conjure up a picture of Trump and his millionaire/billionaire cronies. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, on ...
The Morning Call publishes letters from readers online and in print several times a week. Submit a letter to the editor at ...
Gutting Planned Parenthood's funding while simultaneously choking Medicaid is like setting fire to the only lifeboat in a ...
Trump and his cohort have proposed huge cuts to the National Institutes of Health, including a whopping 38% cut for The ...
The fact remains that Republicans are only slightly offsetting significant tax cuts for the rich by decimating programs that help the poor, including food stamps and Medicaid.