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[Dec 21, 2025 | Postscape #044]
Many Americans are feeling frustrated and disillusioned about healthcare, especially under President Trump’s policies. Many see the government’s decisions as making healthcare harder and more expensive to get, not easier. Trump’s major law changes this year, known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” rolled back Medicaid and cut benefits for low-income families, while also weakening protections for those who buy insurance on their own. A recent poll shows that more than 8 in 10 Americans worry about insurance becoming unaffordable and millions losing coverage. Despite Trump’s focus on healthcare as a key issue, many people don’t trust him to handle it well, with only 31% approving of how he’s managing the system. The cuts mainly serve to finance tax breaks for wealthy Americans, while low-income families are left struggling without affordable options.
In Arkansas, these problems hit especially hard. Arkansas already faces high rates of poverty and chronic illness, so losing Medicaid coverage or seeing food assistance cut feels like a disaster for thousands of families. Hospitals and clinics in rural Arkansas are stretched thin trying to treat more uninsured patients, and families often delay care because they can’t afford it. Many Arkansans have to make tough choices between paying for medicine, food, or rent, and the rollback of healthcare supports makes those choices even tougher. This growing healthcare crisis is making it clear for folks in Arkansas that promises from Washington don’t always translate into better health or security on the ground.
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