On Medicaid cuts, budget officials tell Republicans what they didn’t want to hear
Democrats said the Republican budget would slash Medicaid. GOP leaders disagreed. The Congressional Budget Office just settled the debate.
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.
The GOP Budget Would Require Medicaid Cuts, Budget Office Confirms
The math doesn't add up for Trump and the Republicans unless they take hundreds of billions of dollars out of Medicare or Medicaid.
Republicans cannot meet their own budget target without cutting Medicare or Medicaid, budget office says
The House GOP has ordered the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid funding, to cut $880 billion in a bill to advance Trump's agenda.
Congress can’t reach Trump’s cuts without touching Medicaid or Medicare, budget office confirms
This letter from CBO confirms what we’ve been saying all along: the math doesn’t work without devastating Medicaid cuts,’ New Jersey Democrat says
Medicaid Over? Republicans Vote to Cut Funding
One might wonder why Republicans have begun to focus on Medicaid funding when, if gutted, it would affect the livelihood of millions of Americans. Bernie Sanders even shared on Twitter, “Medicaid provides health care to 41 million children.
Trump’s VA secretary defends 80,000 layoffs in a wildly unpersuasive way
Defending deep cuts at his agency, VA Secretary Doug Collins said, “The federal government does not exist to employ people.” He’s badly missing the point.
Trump says MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Rachel Maddow should resign for comments on 13-year-old cancer survivor
President Trump took aim at MSNBC hosts Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow over their "disgraceful" comments about 13-year-old ...