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Republicans Sneak Massive Medicare Cuts Into Their Horrid Tax Bill
The Republican bill proposes kicking 8.6 million Americans off Medicaid over the next 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, though that figure could be the tip of the iceberg if the caucus successfully adds work requirements to the public health insurance program.

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The current Republican tax bill could cut $500 billion from Medicare — ‘This bill just gets more and more cruel’
Trump legislative agenda bill: Medicaid cuts and tax breaks
Work requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill
A preliminary estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the proposals would reduce the number of people with health care by 8.6 million over the decade.

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Medicaid rule proposal may deal a blow to California
WA governor calls on Reps. Newhouse, Baumgartner to explain ‘dire’ cuts to Medicaid
Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid
However, the Congressional Budget Office did estimate that approximately 7.6 million or 7.7 million people will lose Medicaid coverage under U.S. President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act,"...

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Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs
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The Collateral Damage of Medicaid Work Requirements
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Lindsey Graham Dumps Cold Water on Trump-Backed Budget Bill
That’s not great news for Casey Means, the wellness influencer and author Donald Trump nominated at Kennedy’s suggestion to serve as the surgeon general. Means is not a practicing physician because she has no active medical license, and she never completed her physician residency.
Here are the times Trump has said he wouldn't cut Medicaid
President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.
Senate Republicans vow changes to Trump megabill
The measure would boost funding for border security and the Defense Department, eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, provide a new tax deduction to seniors and renew the 2017 tax cuts passed during the first Trump administration.
Trump announces he’ll sign executive order that aims to cut drug prices
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he plans to resurrect a controversial policy from his first term that aims to reduce drug costs by basing payments for certain medicines on their prices in other countries.
Trump orders sweeping drug price cuts, vows US will save ‘trillions’
Trump is reviving his signature “most favored nation” policy from his first term, with a new push to get foreign countries to take on more of the costs of research and development.
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Trump’s benchmark payment rate increase for insurance companies? It comes at a cost, both for insurers and Americans — here’s the skinny for older adults in the Medicare ...
which was seen as a budget cut by the insurance industry. The Trump administration increase will amount to $25 billion for insurers like Humana and UnitedHealthcare, which participate in the revitalized Medicare Advantage program. Advocates highlighted ...
Senate GOP leader looks to avoid Trump ‘big, beautiful’ revolt on Medicaid cuts
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has begun meeting privately with Senate Republicans who are threatening to derail President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over what they fear could be substantial cuts to Medicaid.
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