Controversy
Nancy Pelosi
Barack Obama
Allan Coukell
KFF
New York State Nurses Association
Status:Open

Will Congress Successfully Cut Medicaid Spending?

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Claims

Barack Obama
Barack Obama"Republicans in Congress are rushing to pass a bill that would cut federal funding for Medicaid and weaken the Affordable Care Act."Jul 06, 2025
KFF
KFFThe reconciliation bill "would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $1 trillion and increase the number of uninsured people by 11.8 million."Jul 01, 2025
New York State Nurses Association
New York State Nurses AssociationThe current administration has "passed budget resolutions that would allow massive funding cuts to the Medicaid program."Mar 13, 2025
Indivisible
Indivisible"To pay for tax breaks for billionaires, it [the Republican reconciliation bill] slashes nearly a trillion dollars from Medicaid."Feb 15, 2025
Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapal"Republicans just passed their budget bill, which cuts nearly $880 billion from Medicaid."Jul 06, 2025
Healio
Healio"Over the next decade, federal support for Medicaid will be cut by $930 billion."Jul 03, 2025
Don Bacon
Don Bacon"[T]here will not be the votes to cut Medicaid for those who need it or to the hospitals that we need to preserve."Apr 16, 2025
Jared Golden
Jared Golden"There's no question the GOP plans to cut Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars."May 08, 2025
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi"The budget passed by House Republicans today steals $880 billion from Medicaid to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations."Jul 06, 2025
Allan Coukell
Allan Coukell"The administration's proposal seeks to cut $610 billion from Medicaid funding for states over the next decade."Jun 07, 2017
Metaculus
MetaculusHow much will the 2025 reconciliation bill decrease total Medicaid spending from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to FY 2034?
Ayanna Pressley
Ayanna Pressley"Republicans just passed their budget bill which will slash Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion to pay for massive tax giveaways for billionaires."Jul 06, 2025
Dylan Scott
Dylan ScottThe legislation "would slash Medicaid spending by more than $1 trillion."Jul 01, 2025
Jessica Jones Capparell
Jessica Jones Capparell"As 93% of the Committee's non-Medicare mandatory spending is on Medicaid, a substantial portion of these cuts will be to Medicaid."May 12, 2025
Institute for Responsive Government
Institute for Responsive Government"Federal Medicaid funding cuts currently under consideration by Congress would cut a minimum of $88 billion per year from the program."May 28, 2025

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