Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health, stands with Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre) as they address the potentially harmful consequences of cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other safety-net programs in the recent House-passed budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday in Levittown. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp

The Republican-authored bill will cost the state's health care system $1.75 billion and take away health care for 250,000 people, the Healey administration said.

A recent survey found that several policies contained in the House version of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill”

House Speaker Mike Johnson shepherded through Congress President Trump's spending bill, which includes Medicaid work requirements.

Democratic strategists are attempting to make House Republicans pay a political price for backing President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” Thursday, although GOP groups suggest that voters will reject their “fearmongering.

WDET caught up with the junior senator at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference to talk about proposed cuts to Medicaid, supporting EV manufacturing and more.

Pa. Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, left, said he would oppose the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" passed by the GOP-controlled House while GOP Sen. Dave McCormick seemed poised to support it. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File) (AP Photos/J. Scott Applewhite (Fetterman) and Marc Levy (McCormick))

Republicans have included mechanisms in the reconciliation bill that would ensure illegal immigrants cannot obtain money or benefits available to citizens.

There's a lot of stuff in Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' including changes to Medicaid that could force cuts in Oklahoma's SoonerCare program.

Organized by Indivisible Memphis, a few dozen protesters showed up outside Kustoff's office Wednesday to make their voices heard on the federal bill.