Trump and the GOP’s never-ending assault on Medicaid: The Hutchinson Report – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Trump and the GOP’s never-ending assault on Medicaid: The Hutchinson Report – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ assault on Medicaid is nothing new.  During Trump’s first term he reneged on his campaign pledge that he wouldn’t touch Medicaid. He pivoted and said that it was fair game for a quick assault, namely, the part of the program that some governors used to expand coverage in their states. That was made possible under a provision of the Affordable Care Act.  This was incidental to the real reason …