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Medicaid, Joni Ernst and GOP

Ernst’s ‘we all are going to die’ quip underscores GOP’s Medicaid challenge

The senator’s sarcasm-tinged response to controversy complicates Republican efforts to downplay their bill’s effects on Americans’ Medicaid coverage.

MSNBC on MSN · 5d

Pressed on Medicaid cuts, Iowa’s Ernst tells constituents, ‘Well, we’re all going to die’

While everyone’s life will eventually come to an end, politicians rarely say, “We’re all going to die” when talking about their health care proposals.

Rolling Stone on MSN · 4d

Joni Ernst Issues Non-Apology for Joke About People Dying Due to GOP Medicaid Cuts

Ernst, an Iowa Republican, joked that she thought her constituents 'understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth.'

Medicaid, Trump and Tax Bill

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Trump Obscures Medicaid Cuts in Bid to Pass Massive Tax Bill

Donald Trump publicly resisted Medicaid cuts — until his budget director, Russell Vought, convinced the president that reductions to heath coverage for low-income people, embedded in the Republican tax bill,

The Hill on MSN · 1d

Medicaid cuts in ‘big beautiful bill’ become flashpoint for GOP

Republicans are increasingly on the defensive over the party’s handling of Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” underscoring how the issue has become an early flashpoint ahead of

Associated Press · 1d

Senators consider changes to debt limit and Medicaid in Trump’s big bill

Some U.S. Senators want to make changes to President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful” bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, like making additional cuts to Medicaid and not raising the debt limit.

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Republican senator shocks constituents concerned about Medicaid cuts: 'We all are going to die'

In a recent town hall meeting in Iowa, a Senator responded to questions about Trump's One Big Beautiful bill, which poses ...

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Time and voters will determine who is right in current Medicaid fight

Over a year from the 2026 midterms, it's too soon to say if Medicaid changes will prove politically popular or hurt ...

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Republican Senator to Medicaid cuts protesters —"we're all going to die"

The remark came as demonstrators pressed Joni Ernst on the impact that proposed reductions could have on vulnerable ...

Medicaid Cuts Are 'Heroic,' Speaker Mike Johnson Says: 4.8 Million Won't Lose Healthcare 'Unless They Choose To Do So'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his defense of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill", arguing ...

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House Republicans quietly expanded their proposed Medicaid ban to include trans adults

An amendment filed just before the House vote removed language limiting the ban to minors, broadening its reach ...

Brett Guthrie rarely made waves. Then he was tasked with cutting Medicaid

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie has long had a "nice-guy" reputation. Now, his role in federal Medicaid cuts is challenging that ...

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Medicaid cuts in Republican bill emerge as an early flash point for the 2026 elections

Even among Republican respondents, just 33% said Medicaid spending should be reduced ... Act and enacted the Trump tax cuts, some in the party warn that the dynamics are different this time.

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Expert warns 'gaslighting' Republican plan does 'much more harm' than just gutting Medicare | Opinion

The Republican budget bill that recently passed the House adds onerous work requirements that would push millions of people ...

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