<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><post link="https://sph.umich.edu/news/2026posts/federal-budget-cuts-policy-changes-leave-deep-scars-americans-health.html" display="true" featured="true"><title>Federal budget cuts, policy changes could leave deep scars on Americans' health</title><subject>Lancet-published policy analysis outlines One Big Beautiful Bill's impacts on Americans' health as they face new rules on Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and more</subject><subtitle/><description>Changes to federal spending and policies under the second Trump administration are already affecting Americans' health and could worsen existing health disparities, strain public health infrastructure and have lasting consequences for years to come, according to new research led by the University of Michigan.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:06:22 -0800</pubDate><tags><talking-about>Health Care Policy</talking-about><category>News</category><faculty>Holly Jarman</faculty><category>Health Management and Policy</category><talking-about>Research</talking-about><faculty>Scott Greer</faculty><talking-about>Policy</talking-about></tags><image><img src="/news/2026posts/images/web-AdobeStock_1399431864.jpg" alt="US health policy"/></image><imagelarge><img/></imagelarge></post>