US EditionRepublicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda
- House Republicans advanced a bill in 2025 proposing large cuts to Medicaid and SNAP nationwide as part of a broader policy package.
- The legislation aims to partially offset $3.7 trillion in tax cuts, particularly benefiting wealthy Americans, by reducing federal Medicaid funding and increasing states' costs.
- The bill would impose work requirements, reduce Medicaid expansion match rates, and restrict funding to clinics performing abortions, potentially causing millions to lose coverage.
- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates 7.6 million people could lose health insurance and states like Nevada could lose $590 million in federal Medicaid funds over 10 years.
- These proposals could shift costs to states, force budget cuts or tax increases, and disrupt access to care for low-income families and vulnerable populations.
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The Philadelphia TribuneHow do Republicans plan to cut health coverage? Two basic ways.
Housing, Nutrition Programs In Peril Across US As Trump Pulls Back Medicaid Social Services
During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance. It was a first-in-the-nation experiment to funnel health care money into housing, nutrition, and other social services.
The programme, which provides health coverage to some 70 million people from low-income households in the United States, including 40 per cent of children, is at the heart of discussions on the budget text.
Medicaid cuts could be disastrous for Georgia health care advocates say
Georgia would face health care calamity and the state’s budget could be in jeopardy if congressional Republicans press forward on their budget proposal, which calls for cuts to Medicaid programs, health care advocates said Monday.
West Virginia Congressional Republicans back plan to cut Medicaid and SNAP benefits for tax cuts
As Congressional Republicans propel a tax plan that would benefit the wealthy at the expense of health insurance and food for the poor, West Virginia’s federal delegation has largely been supportive. The budget reconciliation bill is the key piece of legislation to pass much of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. Along with making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, the bill calls for cuts to Medicaid and SNAP along with increases in military an…
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