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As GOP concerns about Medicaid cuts grow, hard-liners pressure Speaker Mike Johnson on lower deficits
Johnson said some controversial proposals to slash Medicaid were off the table for the massive Trump agenda bill, while ...
Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver
The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, ...
We’re coming to Washington to preach that Mike Johnson’s prayers are not like ours
Though we were arrested and carried away, we have not stopped praying. Moral Monday is back at the Capitol today.
House GOP leadership caves to centrist Republicans on Medicaid despite fiscal hawks’ demands
Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership met with the centrist holdouts for nearly two hours to discuss pathways forward ...
Democrats push GOP toward Medicare ‘upcoding’ instead of Medicaid cuts
Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage “upcoding” ...
GOP centrists revolt against steep cuts to Medicaid and other programs in Trump’s tax breaks bill
As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending ...
House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of ...
Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Vulnerable Republicans in a Political Bind
G.O.P. lawmakers from swing districts face tough votes as soon as next week, when key House panels are scheduled to consider ...
Millions of people could lose coverage under Trump-backed GOP plans to cut Medicaid: CBO
A nonpartisan analysis said millions of Americans could lose Medicaid coverage under different Republican proposals to cut ...
Medicaid Move Could Spare Millions From Losing Coverage
FMAPs vary by state, ranging from 50 percent to more than 75 percent, with poorer states receiving more funding. Under the Affordable Care Act, states that have opted in to the Medicaid expansion ...