Courtesy Congresswoman Grace Meng
Health Care or Handouts? Queens Faces a Reckoning
By MOHAMED FARGHALY
mfarghaly@queensledger.com
As federal lawmakers and local communities react to the sweeping Medicaid cuts signed into law through President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng has emerged as one of the loudest voices warning of the potential fallout. Speaking from her district — one of the most diverse and densely populated in the country — Meng painted a sobering picture of what’s at stake: deep reductions to Medicaid that could destabilize hospitals, shutter nursing homes, and force working families into financial crisis just to access basic care.
While the White House touts the bill’s tax breaks, Meng and her colleagues say the real story is abou