Graham says Trump megabill reduces Medicaid growth: ‘We haven’t cut Medicaid’

Graham claims sole authority to decide if GOP megabill complies with budget laws

The Senate’s presiding Republican chairman has ruled that Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has the sole authority to decide if provisions of the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act violate the 1974 Congressional Budget Act or other budget laws, a controversial ruling that Democrats tried to overturn but failed. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who was presiding over the Senate at the time, ruled that the chair will not sustain any budge…

The real reason Republicans are rushing to pass the Trump megabill

Senate Republicans succeeded in moving the bill, which cuts taxes and Medicaid funding, closer to a final vote but were still settling on the bill’s actual text.

Republicans Coin New Term for Medicaid Cuts to Mislead Voters

Republicans are rolling out a new way to talk about Medicaid cuts — and they’re counting on voters not noticing. Instead of calling it what it is, they’re using a softer label: “reducing growth.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) leaned on the phrase in an interview on ABC’s This Week, defending Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” which reins in Medicaid spending over time. Graham insisted the bill doesn’t cut Medicaid — it just slows it d…

Graham says Trump megabill reduces Medicaid growth: ‘We haven’t cut Medicaid’

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) clarified that President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” does not cut Medicaid, but rather it reduces its growth. During a Sunday interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Graham was asked about Sen. Thom Tillis’s (N.C.) warning that significant changes to Medicaid would be”devastating to North Carolina.” Tillis voted against the bill. Graham said that while he respects Tillis, he…

Trump Regime posts claimed March 2025 Medicaid/CHIP enrollment

Sun, 06/29/2025 - 5:19pmThe Musk/Trump Regime has published an update to the official Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data: March 2025 Key Findings Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment In March 2025, 78.6 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. 71.3 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid, and 7.3 million individuals were enrolled in CHIP. 41.2 million adults were enrolled in Medicaid, and there were 37.3 million Medicaid child and CHIP …