One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.

The Big Beautiful Bill's impact on Medicaid will change how hospitals operate in the future. U.S. Congresswoman Terri Sewell said rural hospitals will receive a small relief fund over the course of five years but will still suffer tremendous cuts due to the loss of Medicaid.

Over the next decade, nearly $1 trillion will be cut from Medicaid. Here is what America’s more than 71 million recipients of the health care program need to know about the changes under the 'One Big Beautiful Bill.