The U.S. Senate has passed a controversial health and tax bill, widely referred to as Trump’s "Big Ugly Bill," which proposes to cut healthcare coverage for approximately 16 to 17 million Americans and slash food assistance programs including Medicaid and SNAP. The bill includes nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and substantial reductions in food aid, including school meal programs, affecting millions of families and children. It also aims to add trillions of dollars to the national debt while providing tax breaks primarily benefiting billionaires and the wealthiest 1%, including provisions allowing private jet tax write-offs. The legislation is criticized for potentially causing the closure of hundreds of rural hospitals and nursing homes, raising energy costs by an estimated 17%, and increasing healthcare costs and copays for working families. Democratic representatives across the House have expressed unified opposition, pledging to vote against the bill when it returns to the House of Representatives. Experts warn that the Medicaid cuts could result in over 100,000 deaths over the next decade due to loss of health coverage. The bill has been described as the largest cut to healthcare and food assistance in U.S. history, with critics highlighting it as a transfer of wealth from lower- and middle-income Americans to the ultra-wealthy.