Hill February 14, 2025
House Republicans are putting cuts to Medicaid at the top of their list of budget cuts to help pay for their wide-ranging agenda that spans tax cuts, energy production and border security.
Republicans are eyeing changes to how much the federal government, as opposed to states, will contribute to Medicaid expenditures, an amount called the federal medical assistance percentage, or FMAP.
Republicans see Medicaid as a program rife with fraud and abuse and have long sought to rein in its spending.
The joint federal-state program provides health coverage for more than 70 million people, with the federal government covering anywhere from 50 percent to about 75 percent of the costs for traditional Medicaid but 90 percent for states that expanded...
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