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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation
Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase.
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 ...
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 ...
Republican Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside ...
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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 ...