Medicaid Is On The Menu As Republicans Seek Trump Budget Deal

Can Congress Reconcile Trump’s Wishes With Medicaid’s Needs?

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Trump's budget: Gutting Medicaid to pass tax cuts?

Republicans are at war over how to "slash the trillions in taxes and spending that Trump is demanding," said Russell Berman in The Atlantic. House Speaker Mike Johnson secured a win last week when the Republicans' budget framework squeaked through the lower chamber, setting up a final vote in coming weeks. But the "big, beautiful bill" that President Trump has asked for hangs on the support of the GOP's House hard-liners. They are demanding $1.5…

Medicaid madness: The RINO plot to sabotage Trump’s spending bill

On April 10 in an effort to advance President Trump’s agenda, House Republicans narrowly passed a budget resolution aimed at tax cuts, border security, and military spending. Hard-line conservatives, led by House Freedom Caucus members like Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), demanded deep cuts to Medicaid to rein in bloated entitlements. But that didn’t land so well with the RINOs. On April 16, twelve GOP moderates sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Jo…

Gutting Medicaid to give tax breaks to the wealthy isn’t a smart choice, especially for Wyoming

Republicans have targeted Medicaid funding for decades and it appears the party’s leaders, axes anxiously in hand, finally have it on the chopping block. Opinion But the GOP doesn’t have to make huge cuts to a program that provides health insurance to 79 million low-income Americans. Even in a state as red as Wyoming, there should be pushback from voters, especially once people realize how much it will hurt access to health care for people of a…

Republican House Leaders to Colleagues: Avoid Specifics in Medicaid Fight

Some Republican congressmen, especially in battleground districts, have expressed concern about how much Medicaid will be slashed to pay for the reconciliation package, worried it will anger their constituents who depend on the serve.

Trump is right: Housing isn’t healthcare - Washington Examiner

The Trump administration shut off federal funding through Medicaid for non-healthcare-related services such as housekeeping, groceries, and internet earlier this month. It’s about time. Medicaid exists to provide health benefits to the nation’s neediest, not to subsidize a laundry list of liberal priorities. Over the last two decades, it has increasingly served as a slush fund for high-spending states.  In 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medi…