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House Republicans narrowly passed a budget plan that would remove health care coverage for nearly 14 million Americans on Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood joins “The Weekend” to discuss how Democrats plan to make this a defining issue in the midterms.
The deficits caused by the tax bill would trigger the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and force billions in cuts to Medicare. However, Congress can block the implementation of the cuts.
After House Republicans passed a Medicaid policy requiring recipients to have proof of employment, Scott said the move would save billions.
In the Ohio House’s version of the budget bill, Ohio would eliminate Group VIII — another name for the Medicaid expansion group that covers more than 700,000 Ohioans who live above the income requirements for traditional Medicaid but are still in need of assistance — if the federal government’s share of the funding dips below 90%.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued a report Tuesday finding that the GOP’s budget bill would automatically trigger over $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare, exposing ...
Colorado health care advocates are warning of dire outcomes for rural care providers and patient services under a major domestic policy bill advancing in Congress. House Republicans in the early hours of Thursday approved
the Congressional Budget Office projected, forcing budget officials to mandate across-the-board spending cuts over that window that would hit the federal health insurance program for seniors and ...
While Democrats labeled the scorekeeper’s report as proof that Republican policies would lead to “catastrophic" Medicaid cuts, Republicans have said Democrats are seeking to “fear monger" Americans.