Medicaid, GOP and in cuts
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The package is touching off the biggest political debate over taxes and spending in nearly a decade, with GOP divisions already emerging.
Republicans want the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, to eliminate at least $880 billion in spending. It was mathematically impossible to reach that number without somehow fiddling with Medicaid,
A tax maneuver has been described by officials as a legal workaround used by states to secure inflated Medicaid funds.
Hospitals pay provider taxes, helping states spend more on Medicaid and increase the amounts paid by the federal government.
CMS has issued a proposed rule to close what it describes as a Medicaid tax “loophole” that some states have exploited to increase federal payments while minimizing their state financial contributions.
Police arrested more than two dozen people after activists protesting cuts to Medicaid interrupted the House Energy and Commerce Committee as it began consideration of legislation to change the
It's markup week in the House for the 'one big, beautiful bill.' Lawmakers will debate significant programmatic changes to Medicaid as advocacy groups push back on Republicans' plans.
The Social Security and Medicare Fair Share Act proposes targeting payroll tax loopholes for high-income earners.