Medicaid, Trump and Senate
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Senate Republicans are proposing deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent.
The Senate Finance Committee on Monday released its version of the GOP’s package that calls for enacting sweeping cuts to Medicaid and preventing a multi-trillion dollar tax hike on Americans.
The legislation keeps some House provisions, like new Medicaid rules, while making significant changes in other areas, including Medicare and the state and local tax deduction.
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday unveiled a draft of their vision for key tax and spending cuts, setting up an intra-party conflict over legislation enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The proposal would salvage some clean-energy tax credits and phase out others more slowly, making up some of the cost by imposing deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House-passed bill would.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs the GOP has focused on cutting, like Medicaid and food stamps.
Senate Republicans are asking for bigger Medicaid cuts in their version of a bill to enact President Trump’s agenda, according to GOP aides. The Senate Finance Committee on Monday unveiled the text for its portion of Trump’s “big,
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Straight Arrow News on MSNTrump tax bill ‘dead on arrival' after Senate cuts Medicaid, tax deductionsThe Senate Finance Committee released its version of President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful" tax and budget bill, which appears dead on arrival in both the Senate and House. Republicans in the committee made key changes to Medicaid,
Rural hospitals are sounding the alarm over proposed healthcare cuts in President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending package, warning the changes could force them to scale back services or close their doors.
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been clear about his red line as the Senate takes up the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: no Medicaid cuts. But what, exactly, would be a cut?