Nonpartisan research groups studying the proposal have estimated that it would add more than $2.5 trillion to the federal debt—currently at an all-time high of $36.8 trillion—over the next decade. Despite those projections,

“No Tax on Tips,” which was one of President Trump’s most buzzy, populist campaign pledges in 2024, polls quite well.

Currently, the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Medicaid provisions are expected to reduce spending by $625 billion but leave 7.6 million more people uninsured by 2034.