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The red lines begin: A dozen House Republicans say no to big Medicaid cuts
Washington,
April 16, 2025
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The red lines begin: A dozen House Republicans say no to big Medicaid cutsThe House Republicans who signed onto the letter include: Reps. David Valadao (Calif.), Don Bacon (Neb.), Jeff Van Drew (N.J.), Rob Bresnahan (Pa.), Juan Ciscomani (Ariz.), Jen Kiggans (Va.), Young Kim (Calif.), Rob Wittman (Va.), Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Andrew Garbarino (N.Y.) and Jeff Hurd (Colo.). It’s not clear exactly where these members will draw the line just yet, or if it’ll be the same across the group. There’s a general acceptance, for the most part, of cutting “waste, fraud and abuse” in Medicaid programs. But Republicans will clash over the specifics in the weeks ahead and that’s where things get tricky. “There’s reasonable actions we can support like work requirements for able bodied adults without children and auditing the Medicaid list,” Bacon told us. “But there will not be the votes to cut Medicaid for those who need it or to the hospitals that we need to preserve.” https://punchbowl.news/article/house/house-gop-no-to-big-medicaid-cuts/ |