Because of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s new work requirements and more-frequent redeterminations for Medicaid—and their associated administrative burdens—many are projected to lose health coverage. Matthew Buettgens, a senior fellow in the Health Policy Division at the Urban Institute, spoke with NPR local member station Michigan Public about the implications: “The benefits of having coverage are pretty broad across a number of different areas of life,” he said. “So, interruptions in that coverage could disrupt both health and financial security.”

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