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R's slip "MEDICAID COST SHARING" (some recipients would be forced to pay for coverage) into "BIG BEAUTIFUL B.S. BILL" [View all]
Top House Republicans were caught off guard by some of the provisions in their massive budget bill as the process to get it ready for passage began, Politico reported on Wednesday.
The bill, which is meant to gather up all of President Donald Trump's priorities on tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security, is jam-packed with a number of controversial proposals, like $600 billion in cuts to Medicaid, all while projected to massively increase the federal deficit to permanently extend tax cuts that flow mostly to the rich.
Senior officials on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to the report, were "16 hours into a nearly 27-hour markup when it became clear that top Republicans on the panel weren’t clear on what key Medicaid provisions in the legislation they were actively debating would actually do."
Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers in swing districts expressed confusion about exactly how the proposed Medicaid work requirements would function, and a number of them were particularly alarmed at a proposal that would impose cost-sharing on some Medicaid recipients, forcing them to pay for the coverage.
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-bill-2672020357/
The bill, which is meant to gather up all of President Donald Trump's priorities on tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security, is jam-packed with a number of controversial proposals, like $600 billion in cuts to Medicaid, all while projected to massively increase the federal deficit to permanently extend tax cuts that flow mostly to the rich.
Senior officials on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to the report, were "16 hours into a nearly 27-hour markup when it became clear that top Republicans on the panel weren’t clear on what key Medicaid provisions in the legislation they were actively debating would actually do."
Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers in swing districts expressed confusion about exactly how the proposed Medicaid work requirements would function, and a number of them were particularly alarmed at a proposal that would impose cost-sharing on some Medicaid recipients, forcing them to pay for the coverage.
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-bill-2672020357/
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