Budget Reconciliation Goes to the Senate: Bill Would Make Even Deeper Cuts to the Health Care Safety Net Than House Version

Late in the day on Monday, June 17, the Senate Finance Committee released its much anticipated bill text for the areas over which the committee has jurisdiction. Despite growing alarm from patient groups, hospital stakeholders, and state governors, the Senate appears to have doubled down on the House proposal to make deep cuts and programmatic changes to Medicaid and marketplace coverage that would result in nearly 11 million people becoming uninsured.

Read our Health Care in Motion for a brief summary of key health care provisions where the Senate bill departed from the House version and what to expect next.