Washington D.C. — Donald Trump has thrown his full support behind Congressional Republicans’ plan to slash Medicaid in order to fund his tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. This comes despite his repeated promises to protect Medicaid and Medicare. Instead, Trump is putting Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security on the chopping block all to pave the way for more tax cuts for his billionaire friends.
“Their plan is to gut the health care that Americans count on to give tax breaks to rich people,” said Brad Woodhouse of Protect Our Care. “It’s clear what they’re trying to do and even clearer that Americans don’t want it. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress will make life cost more for working families so they can make life cost less for people like themselves. Trump’s empty promises have made one thing clear: his focus is on rewarding the rich, even if it means reneging on his promises and trampling on the needs of working families and the most vulnerable Americans.”
Background:
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently confirmed that the GOP plan would require the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.
- Washington Post: GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
Recent analysis has shown that those most hurt by these cuts to Medicaid would be Republicans and recent polling makes clear that even Republican voters don’t support cuts.