Doctor warns hospitals could close if Trump’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' becomes law

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A retired Virginia doctor is sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

“There’s an overlap between the population who uses and needs Medicaid and the population that has an increased rate of chronic diseases,” Dr. Henry Rozycki, who recently retired after 37 years at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, told 8News.

Rozycki says the bill’s proposed changes to Medicaid could leave Virginians to pay the price.

“Medicaid helps pay for chronic care and preventive care,” Rozycki said. “These people are then not going to get their insulin. They’re not going to get their inhalers and they’re going to get sicker.”

The bill, which is currently in the Senate, would require able-bodied adults without children on Medicaid to prove