Thousands of legal immigrants lose Medicaid coverage as ‘Big, Beautiful’ cuts begin

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Thousands of refugees and other legal immigrants in the United States lost Medicaid coverage beginning October 1 as cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill took effect. States and advocacy groups had warned people who were previously eligible that their coverage could be affected.

Thousands of refugees and other legal immigrants lost their health coverage on Oct. 1, becoming some of the first significant casualties of the Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill law.  States and advocacy groups have been trying to warn immigrants who were previously eligible for Medicaid— such as refugees, asylees without…