GOP, Senate and Medicaid
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Republicans must overcome intraparty divides to get legislation to Trump’s desk by July 4 target.
Senate Republicans have unveiled a sweeping plan to overhaul the Medicaid program, with changes policy analysts warn could lead to even greater coverage losses and pain for hospital systems than the aggressive proposal passed by the House of Representatives last month.
The Senate Finance Committee is revising the proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s “big beautiful bill” — a move sure to spur vehement opposition from hospitals.
The Senate Finance Committee on Monday released its version of the GOP’s package that calls for enacting sweeping cuts to Medicaid and preventing a multi-trillion dollar tax hike on Americans.