STAT+: How Republicans sidelined the health care industry and pushed through historic Medicaid cuts
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WASHINGTON \u2014 Republicans swiftly approved President Trump\u2019s tax cut bill<\/a> last week, despite a full-court press from doctors, hospitals, and patients to beat back some of the largest health care cuts<\/a> in American history \u2014 more than $1 trillion in all over the next decade.<\/p>\n Lobbyists\u2019 failure to stop or even substantially modify the bill leaves concerning questions for American health care: Has the influence of the health care industry, once among the most powerful, faded in Washington? And do doctors and hospitals \u2014 sometimes proxies for patient voices in government \u2014 understand how to navigate Trump\u2019s remade Washington?<\/p>\n In interviews with more than 20 congressional staffers, lobbyists, health executives, and lawmakers through the critical days of Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill, a picture of the new dynamic has emerged, in which the health industry\u2019s sway in Washington has substantially weakened \u2014 and in which proxies for patient voices are pushed aside.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n