Kennedy appoints some vaccine critics to ACIP panel

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What’s a Medicaid cut? Senate GOP tiptoes around $800B question

When is a Medicaid cut not actually a cut?  

That's the $800 billion question facing Senate Republicans as they write their own version of the sweeping House-passed tax and spending bill.  

Administration officials and senators defending against attacks on the bill have coalesced around a message that there will be no cuts to benefits, and the only people who will lose coverage are the ones who never deserved it to begin with: namely immigrants without l...

Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should ‘prove that they matter’

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" over criticism that millions of people could lose health coverage, saying those who would face new work requirements should "prove that they matter."

Oz made the comments during an interview on Fox Business on Wednesday, arguing that when Medicaid was created in the 1960s lawmakers did not include work requirements because it "never dawned on anybody that...

CBO: Nearly 11 million people will be uninsured if GOP megabill becomes law

Nearly 11 million people would lose health insurance under the House Republican tax bill, mostly due to cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). 

The CBO's latest report estimates that 10.9 million people would be uninsured over the next decade if the spending package, which includes much of President Trump's legislative agenda, were enacted.   

That total includes an estimated 1.4 million ...

Republicans seek ObamaCare rollback in Trump’s megabill

Republicans are seeking a major rollback of ObamaCare coverage under the House-passed megabill that would result in millions of people losing insurance coverage to help pay for President Trump's tax cut extension.  

The changes, which echo some of the debate surrounding the 2017 effort to repeal the health care law, have largely flown under the radar amid the heated debate over the bill's billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts. 

Democrats want to change th...

Johnson says 4.8 million Americans won’t lose Medicaid access ‘unless they choose to do so’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his claim that there won't be Medicaid cuts in President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," despite projections that millions of low-income individuals would lose health insurance as a result of the bill.

Johnson, during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," pushed back on independent projections that the bill would lead to 4.8 million people who would lose coverage because of work requirements, saying they won't lose it "unless t...

Hawley stakes ground as chief GOP defender of Medicaid

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is staking out his spot as a populist defender of Medicaid in opposition to the steep cuts contained in the House-passed megabill to fund President Trump’s domestic agenda. 

The senior senator from Missouri — who as the state's attorney general once signed on to a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act — has made his position clear: He will not support a bill that cuts Medicaid benefits. 

Hawley has long warned his party ...

5 ways the ‘big, beautiful bill’ could impact Americans 

Congressional Republicans are moving quickly to pass a mammoth tax and spending cuts package that could have a direct impact on millions of Americans and drastic consequences for the economy.  

The 1,000-plus-page bill recently passed by the House would extend tax cuts set to expire as part of President Trump’s signature 2017 tax law, provisions aimed at nixing taxes on tips and overtime pay.  

It also includes a host of reforms to programs like Medicaid and food ...

Budget bill faces Senate opposition over Medicaid 

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These are the changes Senate Republicans are eyeing for the GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Senate Republicans say they’re going to rewrite the 1,116-page bill the House narrowly passed Thursday to enact President Trump’s agenda.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) urged GOP senators at a meeting Tuesday to keep their changes to the bill as minimal as possible to avoid wrecking the delicate compromises he cobbled together in the House to muster 215 votes for the legislation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), however, told reporters that the Senate wil...