Thousands of legal immigrants lose Medicaid coverage as ‘big, beautiful’ cuts begin

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Thousands of refugees and other legally present immigrants lost Medicaid coverage beginning October 1 as reductions under the Republican-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act take effect. States and advocacy organizations had warned that people previously eligible for the program would lose access to coverage.

Thousands of refugees and other legal immigrants lost their health coverage on Oct. 1, marking some of the first significant coverage losses under the Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  States and advocacy groups have been trying to warn immigrants who were previously eligible for Medicaid — such as refugees,…