"Kim (The Shawnee News-Star)"

'It’s a “big” bill, but not so beautiful for many of us' Dear editor, Representative Bice announced that she voted in favor of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” She favors the bill because she believes that it brings tax relief to Oklahomans, supports families, keeps the border secure, makes our government more efficient while enacting “historic savings to put our nation on a sound fiscal trajectory,” and will “Restore American’s Energy Dominance” by dismantling “burdensome Green New Deal regulations.”She does not mention that, according to the non-partisan Oklahoma Policy Institute, this bill also “threatens the well-being of countless Oklahomans by slashing essential health care and food programs while creating tax shelters for the wealthiest Americans.”One in six Oklahomans’ health care is provided through SoonerCare (Oklahoma’s Medicaid program), but because of the Big Beautiful Bill “almost 15 million low-and-middle income U.S. citizens and lawful residents will become uninsured, including many with SoonerCare.” “Millions more will face higher premiums, copays, out-of-pocket costs, and .