The GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ signed by President Trump, cuts Medicaid and SNAP benefits to fund tax breaks and border security. Millions could be affected by the upcoming changes.

Of the $16.4 billion annual Medicaid costs for Louisiana, state taxpayers kick in about $3 billion, according to the Legislature. The new law would halt some of the tools Louisiana uses to pay that $3 billion, requiring the state to pour in extra money or let some people go without health insurance.

There’s 35 million people under the poverty line inside the United States, and there’s 70 million people that are signed up for Medicaid,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)