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'Right down the line': Medicaid reform in 'big, beautiful bill' divides lawmakers by party
Medicaid changes in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" have been met with a partisan division. The GOP defends the plan as needed ...
Medicaid cuts in ‘big beautiful bill’ become flashpoint for GOP
Republicans are increasingly on the defensive over the party’s handling of Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” underscoring how the issue has become an early flashpoint ahead of ...
Time and voters will determine who is right in current Medicaid fight
Over a year from the 2026 midterms, it's too soon to say if Medicaid changes will prove politically popular or hurt ...
Joni Ernst Issues Non-Apology for Joke About People Dying Due to GOP Medicaid Cuts
Ernst, an Iowa Republican, joked that she thought her constituents 'understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from ...
Medicaid Cuts Are 'Heroic,' Speaker Mike Johnson Says: 4.8 Million Won't Lose Healthcare 'Unless They Choose To Do So'
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his defense of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill", arguing ...
Pressed on Medicaid cuts, Iowa’s Ernst tells constituents, ‘Well, we’re all going to die’
While everyone’s life will eventually come to an end, politicians rarely say, “We’re all going to die” when talking about ...
Brett Guthrie rarely made waves. Then he was tasked with cutting Medicaid
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie has long had a "nice-guy" reputation. Now, his role in federal Medicaid cuts is challenging that ...
Senate Republicans open the door to cutting Medicare 'waste' in Trump agenda bill
As they look for additional savings, GOP senators have discussed the possibility of cutting Medicare spending they consider ...