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The provision tucked into the “Big Beautiful Bill” limits tax deductions for gambling losses, while still requiring professional bettors to pay income tax on all their winnings, according to published reports. Professional gamblers, like the poker players you see on TV, had been allowed to deduct all of their losses from their declared income.
Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.
Republicans are counting on President Donald Trump’s "big, beautiful bill" to be a winner with voters, while Democrats hope to make the massive law politically toxic ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act provides more opportunities for enrollees to fall through the cracks by adding red tape, health experts say.
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Radio host Charlamagne claimed GOP support for the controversial Big Beautiful Bill despite political risks signals future elections might not be "free and fair."
Gov. Josh Stein said the bill could result in more than 500,000 people in NC losing health coverage and leave 1.4 million unable to afford food.
Cuyahoga County officials are bracing for a "dramatic" impact to SNAP and Medicaid recipients now that Congress and President Donald Trump have imposed new work requirements and frequent renewals.
The bill includes stronger restrictions on Medicaid, which provides health care coverage to over 70 million low-income and disabled Americans, including 1.72 million Coloradans.