Republicans can’t meet budget target without Medicaid cuts: CBO

Healthcare DIVE March 10, 2025
Emily Olsen

Excluding large health insurance programs, spending under the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s purview falls far short of the budget blueprint’s $880 billion goal for cuts.

Dive Brief:

• Republicans won’t be able to meet their budget target without slashing Medicaid, according to a letter sent to lawmakers last week from the Congressional Budget Office.
• The House passed a budget blueprint late last month that directs the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees healthcare programs like Medicare and Medicaid, to find $880 billion in cuts over the next decade.
• But spending under the committee’s purview only totals $381 billion excluding Medicaid, Medicare and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to the CBO. And about half of that total is...

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