US EditionHawley says Trump told him ‘no Medicaid benefit cuts’
- Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri said in 2025 that President Trump assured him there would be no cuts to Medicaid benefits in the pending legislation.
- This statement came amid negotiations over the House-crafted One Big Beautiful Bill, which includes work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid recipients.
- The bill aims to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse while finding $880 billion in savings, but faces opposition from some Republican senators concerned about spending and Medicaid benefit reductions.
- In a recent opinion piece published by The New York Times, Hawley argued that reducing healthcare benefits for low-income individuals is both ethically unacceptable and a political mistake, reiterating his stance with the declaration, "NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS" in his public statements.
- The controversy suggests ongoing challenges as Senate Republicans debate the bill's provisions and the addition of $5 trillion in debt over two years raises fiscal concerns.
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Josh Hawley’s false compassion for Medicaid - Washington Examiner
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) signaled victory in his war against Medicaid reform this week, posting on social media, “Just had a great talk with President Trump about the Big, Beautiful Bill. He said again, NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS.” Hawley’s crusade against “taking healthcare away from working families to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich” is straight out of Sen. Bernie Sanders‘s (I-VT) class-warfare playbook and will lead to similarly disastrous r…
Inside the 3 huge lies Trump is telling Republicans about his Medicaid cuts
I never thought I’d agree with Elon Musk, but even he thinks Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is a “disgusting abomination.”Trump is busily working the Senate this week in an effort to get his Big Ugly Bill across the finish line. Given the Republicans’ close margin in the Senate, he can afford to lose only three Republican senators. But Republican senators don’t like the idea of cutting Medicaid — many of their constituents depend on it — and they’re balk…
Sen. Lummis: No One Who Qualifies Will Lose Medicaid
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., said Tuesday that no one who is eligible for Medicaid will lose benefits under the reconciliation budget bill being considered by the Senate that narrowly passed the House, but she would like to see further reforms to the social safety net for low-income Americans. A number of Republican senators, including Josh Hawley of Missouri, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have expressed concerns over cut…
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