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Bill With Billions in Health Program Cuts Passes House - KFF Health News

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The House passed a controversial budget bill that includes billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy.

But the bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate .

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a report from his commission to “ Make America Healthy Again ” The panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read.

The New York Times'As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid , a Major Study shows it Saves Lives,” by Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz .

NBC News ’ “ Georgia Mother Says She Is Being Forced To Keep Brain-Dead Pregnant Daughter Alive under Abortion Ban Law,’ by Minyvonne Burke .

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78

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45

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formal

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English

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50

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short-lived

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