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House panel tees up debate over cutting Medicaid to pay for tax breaks

House Republicans are planning to cut hundreds of billions from Medicaid, which currently serves about 80 million people, to finance tax cuts for the wealthy.
This move may face significant public backlash, as seen during previous attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged that proposed deep cuts might not proceed, indicating awareness of political consequences.
It is unclear where exactly the $2 trillion in federal spending cuts will come from, with Medicaid and nutritional programs being primary targets.

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House panel tees up debate over cutting Medicaid to pay for tax breaks

Bill does not mention Medicaid by name, but directs the House committee that oversees Medicaid to come up with $880 billion in cuts.

26 days ago·Boston, United States

GOP got an 'alarming glimpse at the future' as it eyes massive cut: report

House Republicans have made slashing hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, the federal-state partnership of public health insurance for lower-income people, a core part of their plan to pay for new tax cuts for the rich — but making such cuts could be much harder than they anticipate, healt...

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Talking Points Memo

House GOP Makes Official Its Plan For Devastating Cuts To Medicaid

In announcing their intentions to move forward with a mammoth one bill budget plan that will supposedly sweep up key elements of Donald Trump’s fiscal agenda…

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Protect Our Care

IN THE NEWS: House GOP Proposes Severe $2 Trillion Cuts to Medicaid to Pay For Tax Breaks For the Ultra-Wealthy — Protect Our Care

Republicans’ “Millionaires Over Medicaid” Budget Is Unpopular and Would Result in Millions of Americans Losing Coverage Congressional Republicans are facing an onslaught of negative headlines after making official their plans to put Medicaid on the chopping block. Republicans released their budget blueprint yesterday, which included trillions in cuts to Medicaid in order to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy and big corporations. These severe …

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Congressional GOP Leaders Consider Budget Proposals That Call for Deep Health Spending Cuts - 340B Report

Congressional Republicans this week unveiled and began marking up budget plans that call for major cuts to federal healthcare spending—which are likely to target Medicaid, one of the biggest parts of the federal budget—to offset President Donald Trump’s requested tax cut extension and other GOP priorities.

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