LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) says she won’t back this fall’s federal budget unless Washington reverses Medicaid cuts, restores Obamacare subsidies, and refuels cancer research funding.

Visiting Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital on August 4, Slotkin blasted the “One Big Beautiful Bill” she voted against—now claiming the legislation could cost Michigan hospitals $6 billion over the next decade.  In fact, Slotkin says she’s drawing a hard line on health care before any deal gets her vote.

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“You tell a rural hospital they’re going to lose money, they start cutting services,” Slotkin said, according to WLNS 6 News.

The White House defended the new law on June 29, calling such claims “egregious, deranged attacks from the Left.” According to the administration, rural hospitals account for just 7% of Medicaid spending—hardly the target of waste-cutting reforms. “By strengthening Medicaid,” the release states, “we are making more resources available for vulnerable populations and safety net providers, like rural hospitals.”

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” also promises to “expand rural hospital protection, provide targeted funds for rural care, and give states flexibility to support local providers.” It defends its Medicaid reforms as a crackdown on “over a million illegal aliens … receiving free health care on the backs of taxpayers,” and includes work requirements for able-bodied adults.

Lawmakers have until October 1 to approve a new federal budget.