PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) –Senators Jack Reed and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined healthcare professionals and service providers at Providence Community Health Centers’ Prairie Avenue Health Center on Tuesday to discuss healthcare costs in response to the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Reed’s office said it estimates the “Big Beautiful Bill” will take about 15 million people off their health insurance over the next 10 years.

A spokesperson for Reed added that the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits were not extended and are expected to expire at the end of 2025.

In response, the senators joined other Democrats in supporting the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act, which would work to “repeal the health care cuts” in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and extend the Affor

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