Medicaid Facing Huge Cuts if the President's Spending Bill Passes

Medicaid on the brink as Congress races toward budget deadline • Virginia Mercury

Protestors hold a sign demanding a response from Winsome Earle-Sears, the Republican nominee for governor, on the proposed Medicaid cuts. (Photo by Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury)With roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid funding at stake, Congress is racing to finalize a sweeping budget package, dubbed the “big, beautiful bill,” ahead of President Donald Trump’s July 4 deadline — but key decisions about cuts to the health care program remain up in …

Medicaid facing huge cuts if the president's spending bill passes

President's spending bill could drastically slash Medicaid funding

Senate passes tax bill with $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts despite concerns

The Senate voted, 51-50 — with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie — to pass a tax and spending reduction bill on July 1 that includes more than $1 trillion in 10-year Medicaid cuts. The final Medicaid savings, according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projection, were derived from provisions that included: $191 billion in provider taxes $149 billion in state-directed payments $325 billion in work requirements Republicans…