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President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.
The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.
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MiBolsilloColombia on MSNThe Republican Party itself resists cuts in Medicaid, enemies at home?As the Republican Party debates federal spending control, internal resistance to Medicaid funding changes raises questions about internal opposition. Are some Republican legislators the 'enemies' of these cuts?
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid. But the proposal does not pursue some of the deeper cuts that lawmakers had considered.
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said, "People will die. Children will die," if the Republican plans to cut Medicaid come to fruition.