Republicans diverge over budget cut proposals on Medicaid

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens of other U.S. hospitals have.

Protecting Medicaid Means Ending Preferential Federal Funding

By Nina Owcharenko Schaefer via The Daily Signal | May 08, 2025 The liberals and the mainstream media are using scare tactics to upend efforts to bring much-needed transparency, accountability, and fairness to the Medicaid program. In reality, it is the blind defense of the status quo that will ultimately undermine the Medicaid program for those who need it. A key proposal being considered by the House is whether federal funding for Medicaid exp…

3 ‘Prebuttals’ for MAGA’s Coming Health Care Cuts

Letters spelling out “Protect Medicaid” at the U.S. Capitol amid a budget showdown on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations)SOMETIMES POLICY DEBATES are complicated.This isn’t one of those times.I’m talking about the debate over the future of Medicaid, which is shaping up to be one of the most important issues Congress will address this year.Republicans want to slash funding for the program, although so fa…

Democrats Should Offer an Alternative to the Republican Budget

Congressional Democrats should resist the temptation to sit idly by as their opponents try to pass a tax plan.

GOP Medicaid Cuts Push States to Rethink Healthcare Spending - American Faith

As House Republicans work to meet the $5.8 trillion budget framework laid out by President Donald Trump, attention has turned to Medicaid, the costly federal healthcare program that now consumes nearly $900 billion annually. With the Energy and Commerce Committee required to find $880 billion in spending cuts over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that $581 billion will need to come from Medicaid alone. This has led some…

Proposed Medicaid cuts in Alaska: A protest, a Senate resolution and where things currently stand

Juneau Empire Juneau Empire - The Voice of Alaska's Capital Since 1912 Some Republicans in D.C. balk at full $880B reduction; work requirements, other trims still in play. Proposed Medicaid cuts in Alaska: A protest, a Senate resolution and where things currently stand Mark Sabbatini