Low-income Massachusetts residents at risk of losing Medicaid

WBUR | By Anthony Brooks

Published September 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM PDT

The Community Health Center of Franklin County's clinic at 8 Burnham Street, Turners Falls, Mass. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Hundreds of thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents are at risk of losing their Medicaid coverage over the next 10 years due to the massive tax and spending bill President Trump signed in July.

WBUR’s Anthony Brooks visited a community health care center in western Massachusetts to figure out how the cuts could impact their patients.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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