Thank you so much for listening to Spilling the Tea on Politics! Today we discussed the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, the One Big Beautiful Bill, and more! Here are the sources we used to gather information for today's episode:

http://Congress.gov

The Commonwealth Fund. “U.S. Ranks Last among Seven Countries on Health System Performance Measures | Commonwealth Fund.” Www.commonwealthfund.org, 2024, www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/us-ranks-last-among-seven-countries-health-system-performance. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

Mitchell, Alison. “Overview of the ACA Medicaid Expansion.” Congress.gov, 2025, www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10399?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22aca%22%7D&s=1&r=1. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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Haeder, Simon F. “How 17M Americans Enrolled in Medicaid and ACA Plans Could Lose Their Health Insurance by 2034.” The Conversation, 15 July 2025, theconversation.com/how-17m-americans-enrolled-in-medicaid-and-aca-plans-could-lose-their-health-insurance-by-2034-260664.

MacNeil, Matt. “What Do the Looming Cuts to Medicaid Really Mean?” UC Berkeley Public Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 22 July 2025, publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/news/commentary/what-do-cuts-to-medicaid-really-mean.

http://theconversation.com

Copeland, Lindsey. “Medicaid Cuts at the State Level and Implementation Advocacy - Medicare Rights Center.” Medicare Rights Center, 10 July 2025, www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/07/10/medicaid-cuts-at-the-state-level-and-implementation-advocacy. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

“Perplexity.” Perplexity AI, 2025, www.perplexity.ai/search/how-does-each-generation-from-WD8J9MkwQwuZvaLxDvbkKw. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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