The Big Beautiful Bill made sweeping changes to several policy fronts
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) -More than a year after President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law, congressional candidates in Nevada are weighing in on its effects.
The law made sweeping changes across multiple policy areas, including tax cuts, the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime, Medicaid reductions, and the removal of renewable energy tax credits.
David Flippo, the Republican nominee for Nevada’s Second Congressional District, said the law benefited Americans broadly.
“It really helped America, it kept the Trump tax cuts. Had he not kept this, we’d have higher taxes right now,” Flippo said.
But the law also imposed Medicaid work requirements that, according to the Nevada Medicaid administrator, cut coverage for approximately 100,000 Nevadans. An estimated 500,000 Nevadans could become uninsured due to insurance premium increases.
“All this means is a strain on our healthcare system for all of us,” Teresa Benitez-Thompson said. “We have over 100,000 Nevadans who have seen their ACA market premiums increase by $800, that’s a lot of money,” she said. “There’s a number of nevada’s who are in a worse spot because of the one big beautiful bill.”
Rural hospitals in Nevada face financial pressure under the law. It allocates $180 million for Nevada rural hospitals, but according to KFF, that figure is less than half of what those hospitals are projected to lose from the Medicaid cuts.
