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Medicaid
May 22, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Only Two Republicans Were Brave Enough to Vote Against Medicaid Cuts
House Republicans just passed their disastrous tax bill.
May 22, 2025
Timothy Noah
House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail
Medicaid was once a little-regarded program. It is now a policy heavyweight—and with an enrollment larger than Medicare’s, it’s very, very popular.
May 21, 2025
Grace Segers
Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill
The GOP is struggling to pass a budget bill that would threaten millions of poor Americans’ livelihoods and health care—to the benefit of the wealthy.
May 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Torched for Falling Asleep Amid Debate on Medicaid Cuts
Representative Ralph Norman apparently felt it was OK to take a little nap during the marathon budget hearing.
May 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Dem Exposes Republicans’ Sick Cuts in Trump’s Budget Bill
Representative Jim McGovern laid out the consequences of Republicans’ cuts in the Trump-backed bill.
May 21, 2025
Monica Potts
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
The spending cuts could force many rural hospitals to close. That wouldn’t just be a crisis for rural health care but for rural employment too.
May 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
It Sure Looks Like Trump Just Killed His Own Budget Bill
Donald Trump spent his morning urging Republicans to fall in line. It doesn’t seem to have worked.
May 20, 2025
Greg Sargent
JD Vance’s Surprise Admission About Trump, Medicaid Boomerangs on Him
The veep once excoriated Republicans over deep Medicaid cuts. Where he lands today will tell us much about his character—and the true goals of Trumpism.
May 16, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Tax Bill Falls Apart as He Spirals in Wild Online Rant
Despite Donald Trump’s attempt to rally votes, Republicans could not unite behind the budget bill.
May 16, 2025
Monica Potts
Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements
This is the dilemma the Democrats face as the Republicans push to impose onerous hurdles on Medicaid in their budget bill.
May 15, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
“We’re Cooked”: Republicans Are About to Tank Their Own Budget
House Republicans are freaking out about their own budget bill.
May 14, 2025
Greg Sargent
Mike Johnson Just Wrecked Trump’s Ugly “Working-Class GOP” Scam
Donald Trump talked a good game about raising taxes on the rich. Guess who benefits from a provision buried deep within the new GOP bill?
May 13, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
AOC Tears Apart Republican “Math” on Medicaid Cuts
In just one minute, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed Republicans’ lies on Medicaid—and their plans to make health insurance worse for everyone.
May 13, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“You Will Kill Me”: Protester Dragged Out as GOP Debates Medicaid Cuts
Multiple protests broke out during the hearing.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Are Already in Revolt Over Medicaid Cuts
Some Republican lawmakers are ready to kill the upcoming budget bill for not being cruel enough.
May 5, 2025
Grace Segers
The Republican Budget Plan Could Kick Millions Off Medicaid
As GOP lawmakers mull how to slash federal spending, health care for low-income Americans could be first on the chopping block.
May 2, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Could Medicaid Cuts Lead Republicans to Break With Trump?
$880 billion in proposed cuts are making some GOP members of Congress very nervous.
April 22, 2025
Marin Scotten
GOP Rep. Lays Out Exactly How Party Will Kick People Off Medicaid
Representative Austin Scott brazenly admitted that Republicans want to scale back Medicaid.
April 21, 2025
Marin Scotten
MAGA Republicans Get Ready to Gut Medicaid to Help Trump
“Millions” of people will lose health insurance if Republicans push these plans through.
April 18, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Has Boneheaded Idea to Lower Drug Costs
Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in.
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