Why Isn’t This Breaking News? GOP Blew $20B Bombing Iran, Now Wants to Slash $30B From Healthcare

Why isn’t this breaking news? GOP blew $20B bombing Iran, now wants to slash $30B from healthcare

Republicans are currently eyeing deep cuts to federal health spending, a move they say is necessary to help fund a massive budget bill that includes as much as $200 billion for the Iran war and immigration enforcement. This effort to rein in health programs is definitely going to be controversial, with some critics already saying they are cutting healthcare just to pay for an unpopular war. Top House Republicans are looking at a few different he…

Silver Loading coming full circle? Republicans may be about to hurt

Mon, 03/30/2026 - 1:20pmNote: This is mostly an updated version of a post of mine from last May, when it looked as though Senate Republicans were going to include "funding CSR reimbursement payments" as part of their Big Ugly Bill (officially the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") which, among many other terrible things, included gutting Medicaid and didn't include extending the ACA's enhanced premium tax credits beyond December 2025. Thankfully, in …