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

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act provides more opportunities for enrollees to fall through the cracks by adding red tape, health experts say.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed the “ Big, Beautiful Bill ” into law Friday, triggering a countdown to cuts that will impact many Maryland residents in the coming years.

Democrats say they're searching for ways to minimize the impact of historic cuts to Medicaid and food benefits under President Trump's budget plan, while preparing to campaign on historic safety net cuts unpopular with the public.

The massive bill is guided by spending requests from the White House. It will extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts, while cutting billions of dollars in social program funding. It’s been described as the largest cuts to social welfare programs since at least the 1990s, and according to some experts the most severe in modern history.

As Republicans face criticism for slashing Medicaid, Hawley tried to shift the focus to a less-noticed part of the law that will benefit victims of nuclear waste.

Despite early conversations and, kind of, conjecture, I think that advocates did a pretty solid job to make it clear that any changes to the FMAP would be devastating.”

Major Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill could hit rural voters especially hard -- giving organizers hope the party can make improvements in these areas in the midterms.