The legislation makes sweeping changes to U.S. healthcare.
The bill will cut roughly $1.1 trillion in healthcare spending and result in 11.8 million people losing health insurance over the next decade, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Approximately 72-million people are enrolled in Medicaid, which is around one-fifth of the U.S.’s total population.
“It really doesn’t matter what kind of insurance you have, whether you have Medi-Cal, whether you have Medicare, whether you have the Affordable Care Act, or whether you have employer provided or private insurance, all health care in the United States was just made measurably worse by this bill,” U.S. Representative Mike Levin said.
The Trump administration insists the cuts in the legislation aim to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse.
Some people are concerned the cuts will impact people across the country including in San Diego.
“I can’t believe it. I’m so worried about our kids,” San Diego Therapist Vanessa Norman said.
Changes to Medicaid and other programs will be phased in in the upcoming years.