Trump Warns GOP About Medicaid Cuts
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning turned up the heat on the more than a dozen House Republican holdout votes endangering passage of the bill.
New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.
The president and his aides believe his political instinct to not allow deeper cuts to the program is sharper than those of his House colleagues.
The Congressional Budget Office has said the bill, if enacted, would cause more than 8 million people to lose their coverage.
House Republicans want to require Medicaid recipients to work 80 hours a month. New rules could take effect in 2027.
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President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to end the quarrelling among various GOP factions and move his domestic-policy megabill toward passage, telling House Republicans behind closed doors that they need to unite immediately behind the “big, beautiful bill” their leaders have assembled.
President Donald Trump moved to quash House Republicans’ debate over key aspects of his “one big, beautiful bill” with a
In areas where care access is often already strained, people who are pregnant or giving birth rely on Medicaid coverage at even higher rates.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) arrived for a meeting with House Republicans in Washington on Wednesday morning. House Republicans pushed forward on their sweeping domestic policy bill in marathon sessions that stretched into Wednesday morning, pushing debate over Medicaid and tax cuts. HAITUN JIANG/NYT
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