Trump's exclusion of an oft-touted Social Security proposal will be highly unpopular but is absolutely necessary.

Of the $16.4 billion annual Medicaid costs for Louisiana, state taxpayers kick in about $3 billion, according to the Legislature. The new law would halt some of the tools Louisiana uses to pay that $3 billion, requiring the state to pour in extra money or let some people go without health insurance.

President Donald Trump signed the "big, beautiful bill"​ in an Independence Day ceremony at the White House, some Coloradans staged protests in their towns. Others applauded its passage.