Gist Healthcare Podcast

President signs budget bill with $1T in healthcare spending cuts

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By J Carlisle Larsen
17 min readJul 14, 2025
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Gist Healthcare Podcast from KaufmanHall

The healthcare industry will see roughly $1 trillion in federal spending cuts over the next decade now that H.R. 1—better known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—has been signed into law. Michael McAuliff of Modern Healthcare joins host J. Carlisle Larsen to discuss how the proposed cuts to Medicaid evolved from a wish list item for policymakers to law, and how lawmakers have responded.

You can read Michael’s article about how providers and payers are preparing for those cuts here.

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J Carlisle Larsen

J. Carlisle Larsen

Vice President, Senior Producer

J. Carlisle Larsen, JC, is Vice President, Senior Producer for Kaufman Hall. Her responsibilities include breaking down healthcare business and policy news. Prior to joining Kaufman Hall, JC spent 10 years working in the Midwest WDET-FM (Detroit’s NPR Station) and Wisconsin Public Radio covering a wider range of topics, from social issues to healthcare politics. Her work has appeared on...