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PEABODY — The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump last month is causing concern among residents and caregivers at a local nursing home who rely on Medicaid.
Medicaid provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families, and about every six in 10 nursing home residents in America rely on the program to pay for such care, according to KFF, a national non-partisan policy research center.
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