LYNNWOOD—Representative Rick Larsen (D-WA) met with the Verdant Health Commission, and Lahai Health Executive Director David Eller, to discuss the potential impacts of the federal government’s new spending bill on the region’s access to affordable healthcare.

In President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ (or what Larsen calls the ‘Big Ugly Bill’) – the federal governments recently passed spending bill – significant cuts to government spending were written into law back in July. The bill also allows the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits (or ePTC), which approximately 22 million Americans rely upon for health coverage, to expire by the end of the year without congressional action.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act also made the single largest cut to Medicaid in the

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