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Medicaid Cuts Are 'Heroic,' Speaker Mike Johnson Says: 4.8 Million Won't Lose Healthcare 'Unless They Choose To Do So'
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his defense of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill", arguing ...
Pressed on Medicaid cuts, Iowa’s Ernst tells constituents, ‘Well, we’re all going to die’
While everyone’s life will eventually come to an end, politicians rarely say, “We’re all going to die” when talking about ...
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House Republicans quietly expanded their proposed Medicaid ban to include trans adults
An amendment filed just before the House vote removed language limiting the ban to minors, broadening its reach ...
Brett Guthrie rarely made waves. Then he was tasked with cutting Medicaid
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie has long had a "nice-guy" reputation. Now, his role in federal Medicaid cuts is challenging that image.
White House and Hakeem Jeffries clash over claim people will ‘literally die’ from proposed Medicaid cuts
The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which includes Trump's tax and spending cuts, would require at least $600 million in cuts ...
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Medicaid cuts in Republican bill emerge as an early flash point for the 2026 elections
Even among Republican respondents, just 33% said Medicaid spending should be reduced ... Act and enacted the Trump tax cuts, some in the party warn that the dynamics are different this time.
It’s not just Medicaid: Republicans’ megabill would sabotage the Affordable Care Act
The GOP has dropped the “repeal and replace” phrasing, but its megabill is an anti-ACA package that would take coverage from ...
Republican doubles down on ‘we’re all going to die’ Medicaid cut defense: ‘Embrace my Lord and savior’
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Saturday doubled down after she said “we all are going to die” as she addressed potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa on Friday.