Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid
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Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid.
Republican leaders intend to accelerate new work requirements under Medicaid as they scramble to secure the support from GOP holdouts for President Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” House
The delayed implementation of certain provisions of the House Republicans’ megabill, specifically regarding Medicaid, has angered some Republican fiscal hawks. The new bill seeks to implement the perks of the fiscal plan now while pushing back the downsides,
Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to strike a delicate balance between blue-state Republicans and conservative hard-liners on a sprawling bill for Trump's agenda.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) warned during a recent interview that the proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid will end up causing “thousands and thousands” of low-income and working-class
We’re not here to cut the Medicaid lifeline for the neediest Americans,' the Republican congressman from Houston said during late-night budget talks.
Republican lawmakers are calling for work requirements, stricter eligibility verification and some co-pays.
WASHINGTON – House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid, according to a proposal released late on May 11 by a key GOP-led committee.
A bill encompassing Trump's legislative agenda could be in jeopardy as several Republicans signaled their opposition to advancing it out of the House Budget Committee.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro is warning that cuts to Medicaid health care that Congress is considering would mean billions of dollars in lost federal aid to Pennsylvania, hundreds of thousands of people losing access to the program and more rural hospitals shutting their doors.
WASHINGTON – House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add restrictions to benefit programs during a heated marathon day of committee hearings on Capitol Hill.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that Medicaid cuts would result in 7.6 million Americans losing coverage within 10 years.