Officially entitled Bill Big’s “Big Beauty Law”, this Megabill meets a list of campaign promises from President Donald Trump for border security taxes.
As the House Republicans continue to negotiate the final details of the legislation, here is a look at some of the possible ways in which the bill could affect everyday Americans, according to recent estimates.
Keep in mind that the Senate is likely to significantly change this bill and the Budget Office of the Non -Party Congress (CBO) continue to review the legislation.
Some potential impacts:
- More than about 8 million beneficiaries could lose the coverage of Medicaid, according to a CBO analysis requested by the Chamber Democrats. Republicans say they are pointing to adults with undocumented body and immigrants, but other beneficiaries could also be affected.
- Snap Food Assistance cuts in approximately $ 230 billion for 10 years, reducing participation in the program that serves Americans of approximately one of each month every month
- Extend Trump Tax cuts 2017
- It meets the promises of the Trump campaign of non -taxes on advice and non -taxes on overtime work
- Provides a $ 50 billion wall to renew the construction of the Trump border wall
- Commit approximately $ 150 billion in defense expenses for the Naval Construction Antimisile Defense System and ‘Golden Dome’
- It is important to keep in mind that the impacts of the bill are estimates based on the early analysis of the budget office of the non -partisan Congress. Estimates, and legislative text have not been completed.
With the president of the Mike Johnson Chamber of his team, Donald Trump, he talks to the press after a republican meeting of the Chamber in the United States Capitol, on May 20, 2025 in Washington.
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Changes in Medicaid’s work requirements
Republicans say that their main objective is to reduce “waste, fraud and abuse” within Medicaid, the medical care program for low -income Americans and those with disabilities, to achieve hundreds of billions in savings during the next decade.
The early estimates requested by the Democrats of the House of Representatives put the number of people who could lose coverage in more than 8 million, but that number continues to fluctuate and the Congress budget office has not yet published its final score of the Republican bill, which is not even finished.
The bill imposes new work requirements on Medicaid recipients with body, from 19 to 64 years who do not have dependents, which includes working at least 80 hours per month. The bill also requires that the states carry out eligibility redeterminations at least every 6 months for all recipients.
The legislation also eliminates undocumented migrants from the eligibility of Medicaid (according to the White House, this represents approximately 1.4 million undocumented migrants who lose coverage provided through state programs in Medicaid).
According to the current text of the bill, these work requirements are not activated until 2029, since President Trump leaves the position. But Republican uncomproments of the House of Representatives are looking to move that date until 2026 or 2027 in their negotiations with leadership.
The bill also increases co -payments for Medicaid beneficiaries who earn more than the federal poverty limit, for individual beneficiaries that have just over $ 15,500. They would be asked to pay additional copayments of $ 35 dollars in some visits.
It also increases the medicaid paperwork required for the verification of income and residence, since legislators seek to take energetic measures against people who are “folding twice” in multiple jurisdictions. These additional steps are expected to affect the elderly and other people who cannot respond quickly.
Courteous
The bill squeezes the eligibility requirements for the Supplementary Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), which used to be called the “Food Coupons” program, which helped approximately 42 million low -income people per month to buy groceries in 2024.
Adults from 55 to 64 and children would face additional work requirements to qualify for SNAP benefits.
The bill also changes some rapid costs to the United States. The program is currently 100% funded by the Federal Government. This bill requires that states share at least 5 percent of SNAP benefits costs from 2028.
SNAP cuts total an estimated $ 230 billion in 10 years.
The changes could have an indirect impact on school lunch programs, which require that some previously eligible families request access and impact federal refund payments for some school districts.
There are no taxes on tips and the payment of overtime
This addition to the bill helps Trump fulfill one of its main campaign promises: exempt workers who receive advice by paying federal income taxes, as long as they win less than $ 160,000 a year. The tax exemption will expire at the end of 2028, after the next presidential elections, according to the proposal.
Expand Trump’s tax cuts
Make the tax cuts of the 2017 tax and job cuts law permanent that you complain about tax hawks add billions to the deficit during the next decade; Does not include a richest winning taxes. Trump published last week that the proposal should not increase taxes on high winners, “but I’m fine if they do!”
President Donald Trump, together with the Republican President of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson talks to the media after his meeting with the Republicans of the Chamber about his so -called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ in Washington, on May 20, 2025.
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Creation of the Maga Savings account for children
The bill would create the so -called magic savings accounts for parents to open for their children. The contribution limit for any taxable year is $ 5,000. Includes a pilot program to start the accounts with $ 1,000.
Raising the salt lid
The current bill increases the deduction limit of state and local taxes of its presentation of the Federal Income Tax from $ 10,000 to $ 30,000 for joint filing archivators that earn less than $ 400,000 per year.
Republicans of states such as New York and California are promoting the republican leadership of the camera to further increase that limit to help their voters. The uncompromising warn that increasing that limit would worsen the deficit.
In the campaign, Trump promised to eliminate the salt lid imposed for the first time by the 2017 fiscal law he signed during his first term.
More money for border security application
The legislation provides almost $ 50 billion to relive the construction of the Trump wall along the border between the United States and Mexico and makes changes in immigration policy.
The bill includes $ 4 billion to hire 3,000 new additional border patrol agents, as well as 5,000 new customs officers, and $ 2.1 billion for signature and retention bonds.
There are also funds for 10,000 officers and investigators for customs and immigration compliance.
It includes important changes in immigration policy, imposing a rate of $ 1,000 to migrants looking for asylum, which had never been made before in the United States.
The bill includes an increase of $ 4 billion to the legal debt limit since Treasury secretary, Scott Besent, asks Congress to act at the end of July.
