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Politics● ElevatedOct 2 · Oct 2, 2026, 8:45 PM

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

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

Thousands of refugees and some other immigrants with legal status lost their health coverage 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…

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