Medicaid, Republicans and tax cut
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House Republicans aim to cut federal spending by $2 trillion, hitting Medicaid and other programs. How the cuts could impact millions of Americans.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee met Tuesday afternoon to begin discussing committee Republicans’ budget markup that will enact
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley called the cuts to Medicaid "politically suicidal" as many Republicans' voter bases may be threatened by them. House Republicans have proposed legislation with $880 billion in cuts, largely to Medicaid, in order to approve $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.
The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.
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
Millions of Americans could lose their Medicaid coverage under Republican plans to vastly cut federal spending. Lawmakers on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid, are mulling over changes to the health care insurance program that benefits more than 70 million Americans nationwide.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the cuts will lead to 8.6 million people losing coverage over the next decade.
Health care providers at the American Hospital Association’s annual meeting warned that cuts to Medicaid could force hospitals to close.
New York could lose a billion dollars or more under a Republican proposal that would penalize states for providing health insurance to undocumented immigrants. The budget bill House Republicans introduced Sunday to cut federal spending by approximately $900 billion,
Three key panels are set to address some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.