After hours of deliberation, the bill passed 215–214, an incredibly slim margin that highlights the lack of political cohesion ... Older Americans who rely on Medicaid for nursing home care ...

DOGE says it wants to cut $1 trillion in federal spending this year. But downsizing federal Medicaid spending could be a dilemma for state budget writers and a political landmine for statewide candidates. Those candidates will include Biggs, R-Arizona ...

In most blue states at least, President Trump’s second term is creating a battle over how the states can use federal money. Many Democratic governors are suddenly defending state control and

Historically, no matter how many politicians call entitlements a bloated, wasteful threat to the nation’s fiscal survival — which was basically House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington’s message on Fox News Sunday this past weekend — the trend is that entitlements expand,

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At the same time, to help defray the cost of their plans, they are eyeing spending cuts that could be more noticeable to their constituents, including changes to Medicaid ... decisively won the public-relations battle over the plan, in part by exaggerating ...

ExploreJon Ossoff warns GOP about Medicaid cuts: ‘Voters will be watching ... Fry said the issue is urgent and shouldn’t be political. “This is not a Democratic issue.