Thank you so much for listening to Spilling the Tea on Politics! Today we discussed the difference between Medicare and Medicaid, the One Big Beautiful Bill, and more! Here are the sources we used to gather information for today's episode:

http://Congress.gov

The Commonwealth Fund. “U.S. Ranks Last among Seven Countries on Health System Performance Measures | Commonwealth Fund.” Www.commonwealthfund.org, 2024, www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/us-ranks-last-among-seven-countries-health-system-performance. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

Mitchell, Alison. “Overview of the ACA Medicaid Expansion.” Congress.gov, 2025, www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF10399?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22aca%22%7D&s=1&r=1. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

kffcarenec. “How Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Affect the ACA, Medicaid, and the Uninsured Rate? | KFF.” KFF, 18 June 2025, www.kff.org/medicaid/how-will-the-2025-budget-reconciliation-affect-the-aca-medicaid-and-the-uninsured-rate/. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

Haeder, Simon F. “How 17M Americans Enrolled in Medicaid and ACA Plans Could Lose Their Health Insurance by 2034.” The Conversation, 15 July 2025, theconversation.com/how-17m-americans-enrolled-in-medicaid-and-aca-plans-could-lose-their-health-insurance-by-2034-260664.

MacNeil, Matt. “What Do the Looming Cuts to Medicaid Really Mean?” UC Berkeley Public Health, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, 22 July 2025, publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/news/commentary/what-do-cuts-to-medicaid-really-mean.

http://theconversation.com

Copeland, Lindsey. “Medicaid Cuts at the State Level and Implementation Advocacy - Medicare Rights Center.” Medicare Rights Center, 10 July 2025, www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/07/10/medicaid-cuts-at-the-state-level-and-implementation-advocacy. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

“Perplexity.” Perplexity AI, 2025, www.perplexity.ai/search/how-does-each-generation-from-WD8J9MkwQwuZvaLxDvbkKw. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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Thank you so much for listening to Spilling the Tea on Politics! Today we went over to the second part of our U.S. Economic series: Debt with a Capital D. We discussed generational shifts and went over interviews with folks from Gen X to Gen Z. Here are the links to all of our sources:

Perplexity. “Perplexity AI.” Www.perplexity.ai, 2025, www.perplexity.ai/. Accessed 2025.

Glasmeier, Amy. “Living Wage Calculator.” Mit.edu, 2019, livingwage.mit.edu/. Accessed 2025.

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Welcome to our first official episode! Today we covered GDP, Tariffs, Inflation, and even Joe Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan. Stay tuned for next time where we finish up our U.S. Economy series: Debt with a Capital D - Part 2: Debt, Debt, Debt.

Here are our sources for this week’s pour:

• Farina, Dave. “Gross Domestic Product (GDP).” Www.youtube.com, 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy4TGV-tPd8. Accessed 2025.
• BEA. “Gross Domestic Product | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).” Bea.gov, 30 July 2025, www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product. Accessed 2025.
• Tax Foundation. “What Are Tariffs?” Tax Foundation, 22 June 2023, taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/tariffs/. Accessed 2025.
• Perplexity. “Perplexity AI.” Www.perplexity.ai, 2025, www.perplexity.ai/. Accessed 2025.
• Glasmeier, Amy. “Living Wage Calculator.” Mit.edu, 2019, livingwage.mit.edu/. Accessed 2025.