Medicaid, Trump and Tax Cut
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President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.
A screaming protester directed her anger at an Alabama congressman as a House committee debated Medicaid cuts on Tuesday. “You will kill me. I am HIV-positive,” the demonstrator shouted, interrupting Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover.
A tax maneuver has been described by officials as a legal workaround used by states to secure inflated Medicaid funds.
Three key panels are set to address some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.
In addition to Medicaid, Fulop named implementing government reforms and improving transit as key priorities for his campaign.
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Two members of Congress from Colorado will play a pivotal role in deciding the fate of Medicaid, a program that provides health care for one in five Coloradans.
Any cuts to Medicaid are sure to meet with strong opposition, and not just from Democrats. In a New York Times opinion essay published May 12, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wrote: "It’s safe to say the Trump coalition was not pulling the lever for Medicaid cuts in November."
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Police arrested more than two dozen people after activists protesting cuts to Medicaid interrupted the House Energy and Commerce Committee as it began consideration of legislation to change the