The New York Times reported, "The budget resolution itself is silent on whether Congress cuts Medicaid, which provides health coverage to 72 million poor and disabled Americans. But it instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the program, to cut spending by $880 billion over the next decade."
Steve Benen wrote today, "In other words, the House Republicans’ budget plan doesn’t literally cut Medicaid, it simply directs the House committee that oversees Medicaid to find deep cuts that can only be found in Medicaid. Indeed, some GOP members have been willing to acknowledge publicly what is plainly true. Republican Rep. Russ Fulcher of Idaho, for example, who sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee, recently told The Hill, “There’s only one place you can go, and that’s Medicaid. That’s where the money is. There’s others, don’t get me wrong, but if you’re gonna get to $900 billion, something has to be reformed on the Medicaid front.”
Don't let them fool you. Project 2025 was clear re: MAGA goals for Medicard. Check what those are here: https://www.project2025.observer/?subjects=uxlZupfISuc9O5M_gsAGE
Allow states to control Medicaid by transforming the program into a block grant or imposing per capita caps.
Reduce federal incentives for states to expand Medicaid coverage.
Impose Medicaid work requirements.
Impose time-limits on how long low-income people can receive Medicaid in their lifetime.
Allow states to amend their Medicaid programs without waivers oversight.
Wonder what percentage of MAGA is on Medicaid or Medicare? Hmmmm....something tells me we are about to find out.
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