ICYMI: Congressional Republicans Propose Devastating New Medicaid Cuts to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts

New proposal would target 41 States That Have Expanded Medicaid, Jeopardizing Health Care for Millions 

New reporting from POLITICO today reveals new, proposed cuts to Medicaid offered by Congressional Republicans that would strip healthcare from tens of millions of Americans. All to pay for lower taxes for billionaires and corporations.

Now, Congressional Republicans are eyeing a proposal that would cut funding to the 41 states that have expanded Medicaid, putting into question the healthcare of millions of Americans. 

Key excerpts below: 

“According to four Republicans who were present for the meeting of GOP members of Energy and Commerce — convened to finalize their panel’s portion of the party’s megabill — lawmakers discussed at length a new version of a plan to place so-called “per capita caps” on Medicaid funding to certain beneficiaries in states that have expanded the program under the Affordable Care Act.”

“The emerging plan would still risk Medicaid health care services for millions of low-income people by shifting the costs of any additional coverage beyond the federal allotment to states as Republicans hunt for savings to pay for the party-line package to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. The expansion program that many GOP-led states have embraced has helped contribute to record-low rates of uninsured people.”

“Capping federal Medicaid payments to states that have expanded the program is among the most deeply controversial ideas that Republicans have discussed, since it could lead to massive coverage losses. “

“Forty-one states, including many led by Republicans, have chosen to expand Medicaid to provide benefits to more enrollees with higher incomes but who still sit near the federal poverty line.”