WASHINGTON — Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law will add $3.394 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The updated assessment of the sweeping tax and spending cuts law came weeks after nearly every […]
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Accuracy of hurricane intensity models would ‘almost certainly’ drop off after Trump cuts to NOAA, experts say
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act also includes $200 million in cuts to NOAA’s weather forecasting and public alert programs.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott was ‘surprised’ by spending in ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ but he still voted for it anyway
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a calculation Sunday showing the bill would add $3.25 trillion to deficits over 10 years.
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Tampa Bay congress members lead Florida Republican support of Big Beautiful Bill
Vern Buchanan, Anna Paulina Luna and Laurel Lee urged Congress to pass the bill on behalf of Floridians. Eight Florida House Republicans did not sign the letter.
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One Big, Beautiful Bill’s changes for Obamacare could be ugly for Florida
More than 4.7 million Floridians are covered through a federal marketplace plan.
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‘Big, beautiful’ backdoor abortion ban could close 200 Planned Parenthood clinics
Planned Parenthood relies heavily on Medicaid funding, not to provide abortions (except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening health emergencies), but to provide standard reproductive health care at little to no cost