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Republican Senator to Medicaid cuts protesters —"we're all going to die"
The remark came as demonstrators pressed Joni Ernst on the impact that proposed reductions could have on vulnerable ...
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 ...
Ernst’s ‘we all are going to die’ quip underscores GOP’s Medicaid challenge
The senator’s sarcasm-tinged response to controversy complicates Republican efforts to downplay their bill’s effects on ...
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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 ...
Joni Ernst Gets New Challenger After Medicaid Backlash
Iowa Democrat J.D. Scholten has announced that he is entering the 2026 race for Republican Senator Joni Ernst 's seat. The ...
Joni Ernst Issues Non-Apology for Joke About People Dying Due to GOP Medicaid Cuts
If her constituents don’t want to die when Republicans cut Medicaid, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst suggests they should simply embrace ...
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 ...
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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Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation
Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase.