US EditionTax policy, Medicaid funding cuts could scuttle Republicans’ ‘big, beautiful bill’
- Nearly 25% of adults under age 65 in rural Louisiana depend on Medicaid, according to an NBC News analysis.
- House Republicans cannot meet their budget target without significant cuts to Medicaid or Medicare, states the Congressional Budget Office.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed plans to cut fraud, waste, and abuse to save Medicaid dollars.
- Megan Cole Brahim noted it would be difficult to achieve proposed cuts by only targeting fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid.
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Tax policy, Medicaid funding cuts could scuttle Republicans' ‘big, beautiful bill’ • Source New Mexico
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson hold a press conference on the Republican budget resolution at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025. The Republican leaders each face a challenge in uniting their divided conferences to pass a massive tax and spending plan supported by President Donald Trump. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of th…
Talk of raising taxes on millionaires swirls as Republicans draft Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Why not tax the millionaires?As Congress begins drafting a massive package for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” with trillions of dollars in tax breaks and federal program cuts, it’s a question that won’t seem to go away.Trump himself has mused he'd “love” to tax wealthier Americans a little bit more, but the Republican president has also repeatedly walked it back. This week, the president dismissed a tax hike as “disruptive” when …
House Republicans Prep a Policy Blitz
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Republicans grapple with cutting budget without slashing Medicaid amid pledge to protect recipients
According to nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, such large reduction not possible without cutting Medicaid, which makes up 93% of non-Medicare mandatory spending - Anadolu Ajansı
Tax policy, Medicaid funding cuts could scuttle Republicans' ‘big, beautiful bill’ • New Hampshire Bulletin
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson hold a press conference on the Republican budget resolution at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025. The Republican leaders each face a challenge in uniting their divided conferences to pass a massive tax and spending plan supported by President Donald Trump. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have a difficult few months ahead of th…
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