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Republicans diverge over budget cut proposals on Medicaid
- House Republicans diverged in May 2025 over proposals to cut Medicaid funding affecting millions in the U.S.
- The divide emerged as Republicans sought to identify $1.5 trillion in reduced spending to support tax reductions alongside expanded funding for the military and border security.
- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that about 10 million Medicaid recipients could lose coverage, reducing enrollment and increasing uninsured numbers.
- Republicans faced internal tension between conservatives favoring steep cuts and moderates urging compassion, while Democrats labeled the plan "reckless" and benefiting billionaire donors.
- Delays in finalizing the budget made House Speaker Johnson's Memorial Day deadline unlikely, maintaining uncertainty over Medicaid's future and the broader budget outcome.
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Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them
SPENCER, Iowa — This town’s hospital is a holdout on behalf of people going through mental health crises. The facility’s leaders have pledged not to shutter their inpatient psychiatric unit, as dozens of other U.S. hospitals have.
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The Daily SignalProtecting Medicaid Means Ending Preferential Federal Funding
By Nina Owcharenko Schaefer via The Daily Signal | May 08, 2025 The liberals and the mainstream media are using scare tactics to upend efforts to bring much-needed transparency, accountability, and fairness to the Medicaid program. In reality, it is the blind defense of the status quo that will ultimately undermine the Medicaid program for those who need it. A key proposal being considered by the House is whether federal funding for Medicaid exp…
3 ‘Prebuttals’ for MAGA’s Coming Health Care Cuts
Letters spelling out “Protect Medicaid” at the U.S. Capitol amid a budget showdown on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations)SOMETIMES POLICY DEBATES are complicated.This isn’t one of those times.I’m talking about the debate over the future of Medicaid, which is shaping up to be one of the most important issues Congress will address this year.Republicans want to slash funding for the program, although so fa…
GOP Medicaid Cuts Push States to Rethink Healthcare Spending - American Faith
As House Republicans work to meet the $5.8 trillion budget framework laid out by President Donald Trump, attention has turned to Medicaid, the costly federal healthcare program that now consumes nearly $900 billion annually. With the Energy and Commerce Committee required to find $880 billion in spending cuts over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that $581 billion will need to come from Medicaid alone. This has led some…
Proposed Medicaid cuts in Alaska: A protest, a Senate resolution and where things currently stand
Juneau Empire Juneau Empire - The Voice of Alaska's Capital Since 1912 Some Republicans in D.C. balk at full $880B reduction; work requirements, other trims still in play. Proposed Medicaid cuts in Alaska: A protest, a Senate resolution and where things currently stand Mark Sabbatini
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