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KFF Health News on MSNThe GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid, the government health program for those with low incomes or disabilities.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives have released their proposal to cut an estimated $715 billion in funding for Medicaid. If it becomes law, the plan would result in 8.6 million more uninsured Americans in the next decade,
Democrats argue the Republican strategy—cutting Medicaid and destabilizing Social Security—amounts to an all-out war on working-class Americans. The CBO report estimates that the GOP’s Medicaid policy shifts would reduce the federal deficit by as much as $710 billion over the next decade,
House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee this week unveiled a plan to cut more than $880 billion to pay for a significant portion of President Trump’s domestic agenda. After
Republican lawmakers are calling for work requirements, stricter eligibility verification and some co-pays.
A proposal by Republicans in Congress to partially cover the cost of renewing President Donald Trump’s signature first-term tax cuts by slashing Medicaid will result in deadly consequences for
Fiscal hawks are lashing out over what they say are the lack of Medicaid reforms in President Trump’s legislative package, which could thwart the House GOP’s goal of passing the legislation next
Nevertheless, a new letter sent Monday from the CBO to committee Chairman Brett Guthrie confirms that the panel's legislative recommendations, released late Sunday, would meet its lofty target for $880 billion of savings over the next decade.
Three key panels are addressing some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.
Democratic governors warned en masse Monday that it will be "impossible" for states to make up for the hundreds of billions in Medicaid spending cuts that House Republicans are proposing. Why it matters: The country's 23 Democratic governors are trying to amplify their Medicaid message by speaking in a unified voice.