Was Live Friday, July 11, 2025 | 11am PST
Guest Speakers
- Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at KFF
- Bill McKibben, Writer, Environmentalist, and Founder of Third Act, which organizes older adults to act on climate change
- Natasha Sarin, Professor, Yale Law School and Yale School of Management
- Richard Prisinzano, Director of Policy Analysis at The Budget Lab at Yale
Event Overview
On July 4, Independence Day, President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping bill that affirms much of his agenda: keeping in place tax cuts imposed during his first term, giving the fossil fuel industries and border security a big budget boost, and sharply narrowing the scope of health and food safety nets, including Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP.
Speakers this Friday will discuss some of the impacts of the new budget and spending bill, including long-term effects on American health, the environment, and the national deficit, which is expected to rise by $3 trillion over the next decade.
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