Kentucky Republicans in Congress hail passage of bill the state's hospitals call 'devastating'

Source: Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky Republicans in Congress hail passage of bill the state’s hospitals call ‘devastating’

Republican Massie, Democrat McGarvey are Kentucky delegation’s only ‘no’ votes

By: Jamie Lucke - July 3, 2025 6:11 pm

Despite Kentucky hospitals’ warnings of “devastating” consequences, four of the six Kentuckians in the U.S. House voted “yes” Thursday to President Donald Trump’s tax and spending plan.

Republican Thomas Massie and Democrat Morgan McGarvey opposed the measure but not for the same reasons.

Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, whose Appalachian district is one of the country’s most dependent on Medicaid, issued a statement claiming the One Big Beautiful Bill Act “strengthens Medicaid and SNAP benefits.”

An independent analysis of the bill’s effects on rural health care found that Kentucky will suffer the biggest hit of any state — a decline of $10 billion in Medicaid payments to rural providers over 10 years as 130,000 rural Kentuckians are expected to lose their Medicaid coverage. The analysis is by KFF, a nonpartisan health research organization.

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