The truth about the Republicans’ plan for Medicaid spending
“Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers say that Congress is not cutting Medicaid, just slowing its growth rate to strengthen the program. Health Secretary Tom Price told CNN this week: ‘The fact of the matter is the Medicaid proposal in the Senate bill goes up every single year that the plan is in place.’ And President Trump himself tweeted that Medicaid spending would rise under the Senate plan, a vote on which was delayed earlier this week after it became clear that the GOP couldn’t muster the support it needed for passage. Yet, the Congressional Budget Office says the Senate bill would reduce federal spending on Medicaid by a total of $772 billion by 2026, and the House’s legislation by $834 billion over that time.”