State lawmakers are foregoing budget caps to fund Medicaid.

But with Medicaid relying on two primary funding sources–and U.S. lawmakers poised to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”--the future of low-income healthcare programs is uncertain.

Today on The Wheelhouse, America’s brittle social safety net hangs in the balance.

GUESTS:

• Lisa Hagan, Federal Policy Reporter, CT Mirror and CT Public
• Joan Alker, Reporter, Georgetown University
• John Henry Smith, Host, All Things Considered, CT Public

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