When Michelle Lawrence heard about Medicaid cuts in the Republican tax and spending bill, it felt like “a punch to the gut.”

Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" would drastically cut SNAP benefits, impose stricter work requirements, shift costs to states, and reduce food assistance for millions of low-income Americans

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday refuted the existence of Medicaid cuts due to President Trump’s megabill of tax and spending cuts. “First of all, there’s no cuts on Medicaid. There is a — there’s a diminishment of the growth rate of Medicaid,