The Quiet Obamacare Overhaul Needs a Loud Reveal: Lisa Jarvis

July 24, 2025, 11:00 AM UTC

The unprecedented cuts to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s tax bill rightfully garnered headlines in recent months. After all, the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office predict some 10 million people eventually will lose their public insurance.

But attention now should turn to the less visible ways his policies are undermining the Affordable Care Act.

Instead of the full-blown attack on the ACA waged in his first term, when Trump tried — and failed — to repeal the law, he is letting crucial parts of it wither on the vine, and millions of Americans will be affected while potentially ...

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