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GOP Medicaid plan would make 7.6 million people uninsured
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Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the farm on President Trump’s domestic agenda. The massive legislative package features the tax cuts, energy production and immigration crackdown that
And as is typical with grisly compromises, neither side is necessarily happy with the product.
A Republican-led bill aiming to tighten Medicaid eligibility and impose work requirements sparked heated protests and clashes amongst House parties, with critics warning it could leave millions without health coverage.
The GOP bill "fund[s] tax giveaways for billionaires and big corporations," U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps for older Americans and green energy strategies to fight climate change — are all up for debate Tuesday as the House Republicans launch marathon public hearings on their “big, beautiful bill.”
House Republicans on Sunday night offered the first glimpse of their Medicaid overhaul plan, which is expected to cut billions of dollars to help finance President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts agenda.