The Spark

the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist

“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx

Pushing Us Off Medicaid

Jul 21, 2025

Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” will cut 1 trillion dollars from healthcare, mostly from Medicaid. The changes to Medicaid are designed to kick millions of people out of the program.

They will force many adults to prove their incomes are low enough to remain on Medicaid more frequently—maybe even monthly!

In addition to this, people will now have to prove that they’ve spent 80 hours per month working, volunteering or going to school.

Even for the people who continue to meet all the requirements, some will lose their benefits simply by not being able to keep up with all the additional paperwork and deadlines. And this is no accident—they are counting on people falling through the cracks and losing benefits they deserve.