Medicaid began as a welfare program, but 60 years later it covers one in five Americans and costs more than $800 billion. But Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is changing the health insurance program.
WSJ explores how Medicaid got so big and how the GOP megabill will change it.
Chapters:
0:00 How big is Medicaid?
0:32 Private health insurance
1:16 Why Medicaid was started
3:02 Breaking down the gaps
4:00 Trump’s megabill changes
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