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How Trump’s sweeping tax, spending, policy bill affect Medicaid
The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax, spending and policy bill, and Medicaid is expected to be heavily impacted.
Congress passed President Donald Trump’s massive legislation package July 3, setting up Trump to sign the bill into law on the Fourth of July.
The final version of the reconciliation bill emerged after nearly four days of wrangling among Senate Republicans, with the expansive cuts to Medicaidalong with decreases in funding to Medicare, a leading source of contention among lawmakers before making it out of the upper chamber.
House Republicans won final passage by a four-vote margin, with all Democratic members, as well as Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Thomas Massie of Kentucky voting against it.
The mega-bill does not include provisions a stimulus check, despite Trump previously floating that he would consider a payment connected to claimed savings from the Department of Government Efficiency.
Here’s what to know about a potential stimulus check in 2025.
Is there a stimulus check in the Trump mega-bill?
No.
The legislation, dubbed the “big beautiful bill,” will touch nearly every aspect of the American economyfrom the social safety net and income taxes to business and clean energy incentives.
The largest cut is to Medicaid, which will pull roughly $1 trillion from the joint federal and state program over the next decade, according to recent estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The Senate’s version of the bill could leave 11.8 million Americans uninsured by 2034, according to the report.
What about a DOGE check?
A push on social media for a so-called “DOGE check” swirled following the sweeping cuts from the quasi-government agency formerly fronted by Elon Musk that left thousands of workers fired or put on administrative leave.
Trump previously claimed he was considering a stimulus paymentbut no legislative action has been put forward to create a stimulus payment.
The February pronouncement came on the same day as reporting from USA TODAY showed that DOGE’s website published misleading information on the amount of money it has claimed to save, including a nearly $8 billion error.
Did people receive stimulus checks in 2025?
Some did, yes.
The IRS issued a stimulus check to taxpayers who did not claim a Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2021 tax returns. The credit was for taxpayers who did not receive previous stimulus payments.
The stimulus, announced in December under the Biden administrationwas authorized after internal IRS data showed that many eligible taxpayers who filed a 2021 tax return did not claim the Recovery Rebate Credit.
The stimulus payments were issued in December and January. Those who were eligible received up to $1,400, according to the IRS.
The deadline to claim the previous stimulus passed on April 15.
Contributing: Kathryn Palmer and Greta Cross, USA TODAY
