The cuts, included within the OBBB
These restrictions were included within the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), President Trump's flagship legislative package that combines fiscal and public spending measures.
One of the most debated points of the recently approved bill by Congress was Medicaid, the medical coverage program for people with low incomes or disabilities.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasized that the reform protects Medicaid for those who truly deserve it: the needy, pregnant women, children, and sick Americans who can't physically work.
She also added that the law will remove approximately 1.4 million illegal immigrants from the system and will require that adult, healthy, childless beneficiaries work or perform at least 20 hours of community service per week.
Public policy experts supported the reform. Michael Cannon, from the Cato Institute, argued that "it is perfectly reasonable for taxpayers who pay into the Medicaid program to insist that everyone who can contribute to the program do so by working."
Meanwhile, Nina Schaefer, from the Heritage Foundation, described the administrative changes as "common sense" and necessary to incorporate "oversight, transparency, and accountability" into the program.
