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.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Medicaid cuts could leave nearly 12 million Americans uninsured.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will add $3 trillion to the deficit. To pay for that, lawmakers made deep cuts to safety net programs, including Medicaid,

A Republican megabill cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid, risking closures for hospitals that serve some of America’s most vulnerable. Rural hospitals in the U.S. already operate on a razor’s edge, but new cuts to Medicaid in the Republican appropriations bill could tip many of them into failure.