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As it’s currently written, the “Big Beautiful Bill” slashes social programs, including Medicaid and food assistance, to pay for trillions of dollars in tax cuts that Democrats say will primarily benefit the richest Americans, even as it explodes the nation’s debt.

Leaders on Beacon Hill have been warning for months that, even with $8 billion in reserves, the state already doesn’t have the cash to make up for any of the federal funding it stands to lose from Washington.

That problem would become exponentially worse under the GOP-authored budget bill now on Capitol Hill, Democratic legislative leaders have warned.

All told, the Republican mega-bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $793 billion over 10 years.

Roughly 4.8 million people would be uninsured nationwide by 2034 based on work requirements in a version of the bill approved by U.S. House Republicans, CNBC reported, citing data by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

In Massachusetts, the bill would cost the state’s health care system $1.75 billion and strip coverage for about 250,000 people, according to Healey’s office.

Healey scoffed at those work requirements on Wednesday.

“These so-called ‘work requirements?’ — what people need to know, the people in Massachusetts who are on MassHealth? ... Many of them are actually working. They’re the working poor, you know? They’re just trying to make a living."

Healey delivered her warning in a back-to-back appearances on Wednesday.

Speaking to business and community leaders at a New England Council breakfast at the Omni Parker House on Beacon Hill earlier in the day, Healey cast the debate over Medicaid reductions as an economic issue.

“It’s a huge hit. And anybody who thinks they’re immune to a Medicaid cut, no,” she said. “People will still get sick. They will still go to hospitals. They will still need care. And we’re all gonna pay for it without the benefit of Medicaid.”

An hour later, during her appearance on GBH, Healey called on voters to pressure their elected leaders on Capitol Hill.

" This is why people need to this week, do everything they can in lobbying ... Republicans in Congress not to let this happen. Because no state can pick up the tab on the lost funding for healthcare, or for food support, or a whole bunch of things," she said.

*****TRUMPER MIKE KENNEALY!***
NOTICE THAT SCRIPTED INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED IN KENNEALY'S POLL - 
Robichaud also said Kennealy does not need a poll to “know that Republican voters will never nominate the cheerleader in chief for the MBTA Communities Act,” a controversial transist-oriented zoning law Kennealy helped implement.
POLITICO: There’s also the Trump factor: The president has dominated plenty of news cycles here since he swept back into office in January. He’s still pretty unpopular in bluest of blue Massachusetts, per the Healey poll: 61 percent of voters view him unfavorably, and 63 percent believe his policies are hurting the state’s economy, according to the memo. Healey’s been capitalizing on that sentiment, reprising a role from her days in the AG’s office as one of the president’s loudest critics.
***HOW INTERESTING THAT BLOVIATOR LOGAN TRUPIANO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS LOSER'S CAMPAIGN!*** 
Federal campaign finance records show Kennealy has donated tens of thousands since at least 2012 to the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which works to elect Republicans to the U.S. Senate and is currently chaired by Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.

In an email to supporters Monday, the Massachusetts Democratic Party also took a shot at Kennealy’s eight years working in former Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration as an assistant secretary and then housing and economic development secretary.

“He failed to prevent skyrocketing housing costs and failed to cut taxes for hardworking Bay Staters — while Gov. Healey passed tax cuts in her first year in office,” the email said, referring to a package of tax cuts that were first drafted by the Baker administration. “Mike Kennealy is unqualified to address the biggest issues facing Massachusetts. In fact, when he announced his candidacy, he never mentioned the single greatest threat to our state — Donald Trump.”



NOTE TO MAGA CANDIDATES: YOU WERE IN OFFICE WHEN THE WHITE TOOTHED GOVERNER CREATED THE DISASTERS ON THE MBTA...WHERE WERE YOU? 

CHARLIE BAKER HIRED OVER PAID OUT-OF-STATE HACKS WHO NEVER TRAVELED TO THE COMMONWEALTH TO OVERSEE CONSTRUCTION & MUCH ELSE! 

CHARLIE BAKER WAS FULLY AWARE THAT NEWLY INSTALLED RAILS WERE DEFECTIVE YET NEVER ADDRESSED IT LEAVING IT TO NEWLY ELECTED GOV. HEALEY...

AND THEN THERE'S THE MISSPENT BILLIONS CHARLIE BAKER LEFT THAT WILL BE PAID BACK....WHERE WERE THESE WEALTHY MAGA CANDIDATES WHO WERE IN OFFICE WHEN THIS HAPPENED? 

Massachusetts owes the federal government $2.1 billion. Here's why.

BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that the state has agreed to repay the federal government $2.1 billion because of a mistake made years ago with pandemic-era unemployment benefits. 

An audit revealed "an improper overdraw of federal pandemic unemployment benefits," a statement from the governor's office said. Healey said that former Gov. Charlie Baker's administration "misspent billions of dollars in federal relief funds" on unemployment payouts that were supposed to be covered by the state.

***MBTA COMMUNITIES ACT passed under GOV. CHARLIE BAKER, promoted by MIKE KENNEALY!***

***TRUMPER MIKE KENNEALY IS BRAIN DEAD TO NOT RECOGNIZE THE MANDATES OF THE MBTA COMMUNITIES ACT! THIS IS THE CLOWN WHO WANTS TO HOLD OFFICE? 

NOTICE HOW THESE CLOWNS FLOCK TO THE BOSTON HERALD PROPAGANDA RAG!

MUST READ! 

GUESS MIKE KINNEALY MISSED THE MASSIVE ANTI-TRUMP PROTESTS!

IF YOU WANT TO ELECT TRUMP THE ECONOMIC DESTRUCTIONIST, SUPPORT MIKE KENNEALY!****

— GOP’s Mike Kennealy ‘never’ thought MBTA Communities Act would lead to lawsuits



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