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Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid

Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts.

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GOP Plans To Cut Medicaid Would Kick Millions Off Health Insurance, New Analysis Says

Medicaid is a state-federal program that covers health care costs for more than 70 million Americans. The CBO said the various proposals to shrink the federal share of Medicaid costs would force states to pay more, shortchange health care providers, trim benefits and reduce enrollment in the program.

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House Republicans Drop Plans for Largest Medicaid Cuts

Work requirements remain on the table but Congress will not cut the matching rate for the Affordable Care Act expansion or impose per capita limits on states.

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Medicaid Move Could Spare Millions From Losing Coverage

FMAPs vary by state, ranging from 50 percent to more than 75 percent, with poorer states receiving more funding. Under the Affordable Care Act, states that have opted in to the Medicaid expansion ...

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House GOP leadership caves to centrist Republicans on Medicaid despite fiscal hawks’ demands

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is inching closer to getting a handful of centrist Republicans on board with the GOP effort to ...

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Mike Johnson faces GOP centrist revolt on Medicaid

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a growing rebellion from his centrist wing over cuts to Medicaid in the ...

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Medicaid Update: Republicans Scaling Back Cuts Amid House Tax Break Battle

Johnson has been meeting with moderate Republicans who are urging leadership to abandon the most controversial Medicaid cuts.

G.O.P. Plans to Cut Medicaid Would Save Billions but Leave More Uninsured, Budget Office Says

The Congressional Budget Office reviewed the leading proposals from Republicans who are trying to cut the costs of a program ...

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House Republicans nix controversial Medicaid proposal as plan takes shape

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said one controversial proposal to cut federal Medicaid funding was off the table and ...

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Whitmer voices concern on possible Medicaid cuts

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has spoken out about possible cuts to Medicaid if congressional Republicans make changes to the public health insurance program.

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A new twist in the Medicaid fight

In a closed-door meeting late Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leaders sought to assuage moderates’ fears about changes ...

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