12 House Republicans Oppose Possible Medicaid Cuts in Reconciliation Bill

Colorado lawmakers brace for special session over potential Medicaid cuts

There are now only seven days left in Colorado’s legislative session. But lawmakers and other state officials have for weeks been bracing for the possibility of coming back to the Capitol later this year to deal with potential federal cuts to Medicaid likely to be included in Congressional Republicans’ still-being-written budget proposal. “There certainly are a lot of indicators that would suggest that we might end up having to come back in the …

House Republicans face dilemma over Medicaid cuts as they vow to protect benefits

The GOP is unlikely to reach its lofty goal in spending cuts without paring back Medicaid, the safety net that helps more than 70 million people.

States that enshrined Medicaid expansion in their constitutions could be in a bind

As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by enshrining Medicaid expansion in their constitutions—creating a potential budget disaster and a political challenge for the GOP.

Feds plan to end state health program partnership

BOSTON (SHNS) - While policymakers wait for Washington to make crucial Medicaid funding decisions, the Trump administration has already signaled it will allow another Medicaid-related state funding stream -- one that supports an array of programs in Massachusetts -- to expire without extension. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services informed state Medicaid directors on April 10 that it does not intend to extend existing requests, or appr…

Trump's budget is a betrayal of his promise to working-class Americans

"Donald Trump and extreme MAGA Republicans are doing everything they can to tank our economy, drive us toward a recession and gut the health care of the American people by visiting upon them the largest Medicaid cut in history, along…

Cracks in MAGA? A dozen GOP Reps worried about re-election beg Speaker Johnson not to cut Medicaid

Politics and re-election. Republican incumbents have a poor record of doing the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do. Occasionally, GOP Representatives will do the right thing because it benefits them. And by benefit, I mean it...