New reports indicate that Senate Republicans are advancing a budget bill this week, bringing them closer to achieving their goal of implementing Trump’s scheme to gut Medicaid and hand out tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations.
No matter what Senate Republicans may claim, the truth is that their budget paves the way for severe cuts to Medicaid. Per Politico: “The Senate won’t alter the House’s instructions to its own committees, including leaving untouched the House GOP plans for the Energy and Commerce Committee to slash $880 billion from its jurisdiction.” According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, these cuts will lead to drastic cuts to Medicaid. By adopting the rules and funding cuts laid out in House Republicans’ budget plan, Senate Republicans are endorsing the House GOP’s plan and greenlighting massive cuts to Medicaid which will rip health care away from millions of Americans just to fund tax breaks for the rich. Here’s the truth:
This Is Clearly Another Scheme To Take Health Care Away From Working People, Seniors, Veterans, And Children To Give Tax Breaks To The Rich. As the Georgetown Center for Children and Families found, Republicans’ math does not add up. The CBO confirmed that Republicans cannot make their proposed $880 billion in cuts without drastically cutting Medicaid and throwing millions of hardworking families off their coverage, closing rural hospitals, and kicking seniors out of nursing homes.
Medicaid Is Extremely Popular And Voters Will Hold Republicans Accountable For Ripping It Away From Their Loved Ones and Neighbors. Recent polling found that 71 percent of voters who backed Trump say cutting Medicaid would be unacceptable. Republicans are making a grave mistake by assuming the voters who supported them, many of whom rely on Medicaid, are not smart enough to see through their lies.