House Committee Advances Changes to Medicaid After Marathon Hearing

House Committee Advances Changes to Medicaid After Marathon Hearing

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved changes to Medicaid that will reduce federal spending by $712 billion over 10 years. The approval came in a party-line 30–24 vote on May 14 after a marathon session lasting more than 26 hours, and marked the first step toward passage of a larger bill that is intended to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda. Medicaid became a target in the budget reconciliation process after Republicans asked t…

Committee Advances Proposal to Strip $715B from Medicaid

As the House Energy and Commerce committee debated legislation that would strip $715 billion from Medicaid, several people voicing opposition were arrested.