Medicaid, Republicans and budget bill
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Republicans have set a self-imposed July 4 deadline to pass the legislation in both chambers and send it to Trump’s desk.
The bill would add so much money to the debt that Congress may be forced to execute cuts across the board, including hundreds of billions to Medicare, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, long-term care providers are hoping for some kind of Hail Mary.
Iowa’s Republican congressional delegation voted Thursday to advance a massive tax and spending cut bill championed by President Donald Trump. The bill would equate to a $3.7 trillion increase in the national debt,
President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning turned up the heat on the more than a dozen House Republican holdout votes endangering passage of the bill.
If only MAGA cared as much about the middle class as they do billionaires, the world would be a better place," one person said of the incident.
Older adults and low-income people will have a tougher time accessing food assistance and healthcare services under the House Republicans’ tax bill that will now likely face changes in the Senate.