Medicaid, House and Tax cut
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1hon MSN
Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package.
House Republicans are plowing ahead Tuesday to advance key components of their bill to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda -- including taxes and Medicaid cuts -- even as they remain at odds over several critical issues.
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
An ambitious House bill to cut taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars and pay for part of it by slashing Medicaid spending faces a rocky path in the Senate, where Republican lawmakers warn the
House Republicans have unveiled their plan to reshape Medicaid, looking for cost savings as a way to offset planned tax cuts.
6don MSN
House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.
Energy and Commerce Republicans’ plans also include more frequent eligibility checks: every six months instead of the current every 12 months standard for the Medicaid expansion population.
Ahead of a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, House Republicans are pushing forward a major spending bill that includes sweeping tax cuts offset by cuts to Medicaid and other social programs.
Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion — but also sizable reductions in Medicaid health care, food stamps and green energy strategies to fight climate change — faced sharp debate as House lawmakers slogged through marathon overnight hearings on Republicans' “big,
WASHINGTON – House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid, according to a proposal released late on May 11 by a key GOP-led committee.