US EditionHouse conservatives call for controversial Medicaid changes in reconciliation
- A faction of conservative House members is advocating for significant reforms and greater oversight of Medicaid expenditures during the ongoing reconciliation negotiations in Washington.
- This effort arises from Republicans' aim to pass President Trump's agenda, despite internal GOP divisions over potential Medicaid cuts among moderates and conservatives.
- Rep. Chip Roy led a letter supported by 19 Republicans calling for reforms that address structural deficiencies and ending enhanced federal funding for Medicaid expansion states.
- The House budget resolution calls for $880 billion in savings, which could reduce Medicaid spending, while Trump pledges no cuts to eligible recipients but supports rooting out waste.
- The outcome depends on securing enough Republican votes amid moderate concerns, with Democrats actively opposing cuts and launching campaigns to preserve Medicaid funding.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal: There’s plenty of reason to reform Medicaid
Debates over entitlement programs bring out the worst in elected officials, who are typically more concerned with political survival than addressing difficult problems. That’s partially why the nation finds itself fast taking on water as it founders amid a sea…
House GOP infighting turns ugly over Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” is running into a wall in the sharply divided House Republican conference, with tensions spiking over Speaker Mike Johnson’s handling of the party’s biggest sticking point: overhauling Medicaid.
Can Mike Johnson Get a Reconciliation Deal?
Punchbowl News: “Johnson faces a group of GOP moderates who see the reconciliation package currently under discussion as an existential political threat, while hardline conservatives are pressing their leadership for hundreds of billions of dollars in additional spending cuts, especially for Medicaid.” “Moderates are upset over the GOP leadership’s public insistence that they’ll end up supporting per-capita caps for Medicaid and lowering the fed…
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