Senate wants more Medicaid cuts in Trump’s bill
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The Senate version would also sharply limit provider taxes that states use to fund their Medicaid programs. Edwin Park, a research professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, warned the provision would “devastate” state finances, particularly where lawmakers have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Americans in a recent poll say they think more resources should be allocated for Medicaid and food nutrition assistance programs.
Congressional Republicans are in lockstep on new Medicaid work requirements not only because they help generate savings for Donald Trump's spending package but also because some of them say there is a moral imperative behind the proposed rules.
Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been clear about his red line as the Senate takes up the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: no Medicaid cuts. But what, exactly, would be a cut?
A new Quinnipiac poll shows 53% of voters oppose the GOP's sweeping tax and spending bill. Overall support for Medicaid remains strong.
Medicaid cuts could obliterate Arizona's already troubled behavioral health system. And that has consequences for all of us.
A new poll shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs Republicans in Congress have focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps.