Medicare has not been touched in the Big Beautiful Bill— absolutely nothing in the bill reduces spending on Medicare benefits. This legislation does not make a single cut to welfare programs—it safeguards and protects these programs for all eligible Americans.

The statement asserts that the One Big Beautiful Bill leaves Medicare untouched and does not cut welfare programs, protecting them fully for eligible Americans. However, multiple analyses and reports indicate this is not entirely accurate. Initially, the House version of the bill proposed several changes to Medicare that would reduce benefits and increase burdens on beneficiaries. Although many of these proposals were stripped out before the bill was signed into law, the final legislation still imposes limits on Medicare spending growth, estimated at about a 4% annual reduction in spending for fiscal year 2026 and roughly $490 billion in cuts over 2027-2034. This represents a significant slowdown in Medicare funding increases, which can indirectly affect benefits and services over time.

Moreover, the bill enacts deep cuts to Medicaid funding, approximately $863 billion over ten years, and reduces SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) funding by about $295 billion over the same period. These cuts contradict the claim that no welfare programs are cut or reduced. The reductions in Medicaid funding are expected to lead to negative consequences such as increased paperwork, benefit losses, and rural hospital closures.

While the White House has framed these claims as myths and emphasized protections for eligible Americans, independent policy groups and healthcare advocacy organizations highlight that the bill does indeed reduce spending on key social safety net programs. Therefore, the statement is misleading because it omits these substantial spending reductions and program impacts.