Politico February 28, 2025
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THE MEDICAID QUESTION — Republicans in Congress are looking to Medicaid to help finance their sweeping party-line bill driving President Donald Trump’s agenda — a perpetually thorny endeavor.
Previous attempts to cut from the program have driven backlash from moderate Republicans and GOP governors, including during Republicans’ failed attempts to repeal Obamacare. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been tasked with slashing $880 billion, meaning they’ll likely have to turn to the program for savings. In a CNN interview Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson drew a red line on some of the steepest potential cuts to Medicaid.
Those are per-capita caps — which would turn the joint federal-state program from an open-ended entitlement to one capping...
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