Medicaid, Trump and GOP
Digest more
GOP Medicaid plan would make 7.6 million people uninsured
Digest more
And as is typical with grisly compromises, neither side is necessarily happy with the product.
The lawmakers are racing for a July 4 deadline to have the whole package sent to Trump’s desk in time to also avoid a dangerous debt default. The Treasury Secretary has said federal tax revenues are running short and Congress needs to raise the spending limit to keep paying the bills.
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.
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.