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Cecilia Nowell in Albuquerque

She was diagnosed with epilepsy at age 11. Trump’s Medicaid cuts could end her life-saving treatment

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Jocelyn Smith (right), 44, and her daugther Aibhie (left), 18, spend time together at Cahoon Park, Roswell, New Mexico, this month. Photograph: Isabel Miranda/The Guardian

Jocelyn Smith watched Congress debate Donald Trump’s domestic spending bill, the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” with trepidation this summer – wondering what the bill’s passage would mean for her daughter, who receives care for her juvenile epilepsy under Medicaid.

“I don’t know what we’re going to do with her medicine, it’s so expensive,” Smith said. “It’s a lot of what-ifs.”

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