Congressional leaders are looking to make big reductions to federal spending to pay for President Trump’s priorities, and they’ve singled out Medicaid as a program where they could find significant savings.
Trump said last month that he would not make cuts to the country’s public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. But the White House and Republicans in Congress are considering a menu of options that could add up to $2.3 trillion in potential cuts to Medicaid over the next decade.
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