The Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Fallout: Premiums, Shutdowns and Strain

The headlines from Congress’s passage of the Big Beautiful Bill have faded, but its consequences are only beginning. Designed to postpone its harshest health impacts until after the 2026 mid-term elections, the law is colliding with a new reality: as of October 1, the federal government has shut down, triggered by an impasse over the future of tax credits for…