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Medicaid cuts in ‘big beautiful bill’ become flashpoint for GOP

Republicans are increasingly on the defensive over the party’s handling of Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill,” underscoring how the issue has become an early flashpoint ahead of next year’s midterms.

Modern Healthcare · 19h

Trump pushes reluctant GOP senators to back Medicaid-cutting bill

The bill, which last month passed the House by one vote, faces opposition from both moderates and ultra-conservatives in the Senate.

FOX News on MSN · 6h

Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' faces resistance from Republican senators over debt fears

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the House, could add $2 trillion to the deficit, sparking debate among Republicans and criticism from Elon Musk.

Ernst, Medicaid and GOP

The Washington Post on MSN · 23h

Ernst’s ‘we all are going to die’ quip underscores GOP’s Medicaid challenge

The senator’s sarcasm-tinged response to controversy complicates Republican efforts to downplay their bill’s effects on Americans’ Medicaid coverage.

Rolling Stone on MSN · 3d

Joni Ernst Issues Non-Apology for Joke About People Dying Due to GOP Medicaid Cuts

If her constituents don’t want to die when Republicans cut Medicaid, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst suggests they should simply embrace Jesus Christ

Des Moines Register on MSN · 3d

'Well, we all are going to die': Sen. Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at heated Iowa town hall

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst fielded angry questions about Medicaid cuts and President Donald Trump's tax cut bill at a town hall in Parkersburg.

Medicaid Cuts Are 'Heroic,' Speaker Mike Johnson Says: 4.8 Million Won't Lose Healthcare 'Unless They Choose To Do So'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his defense of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill", arguing ...

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies22h

House Republicans quietly expanded their proposed Medicaid ban to include trans adults

An amendment filed just before the House vote removed language limiting the ban to minors, broadening its reach ...

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Pressed on Medicaid cuts, Iowa’s Ernst tells constituents, ‘Well, we’re all going to die’

While everyone’s life will eventually come to an end, politicians rarely say, “We’re all going to die” when talking about ...

Brett Guthrie rarely made waves. Then he was tasked with cutting Medicaid

U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie has long had a "nice-guy" reputation. Now, his role in federal Medicaid cuts is challenging that image.

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White House and Hakeem Jeffries clash over claim people will ‘literally die’ from proposed Medicaid cuts

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which includes Trump's tax and spending cuts, would require at least $600 million in cuts ...

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J.D. Scholten launches run after U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s statement on Medicaid

Iowa Rep. J.D. Scholten, D-Sioux City, launched a run to challenge U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst Monday in the wake of her remarks at ...

NBC News5d

Medicaid cuts in Republican bill emerge as an early flash point for the 2026 elections

Even among Republican respondents, just 33% said Medicaid spending should be reduced ... Act and enacted the Trump tax cuts, some in the party warn that the dynamics are different this time.

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It’s not just Medicaid: Republicans’ megabill would sabotage the Affordable Care Act

The GOP has dropped the “repeal and replace” phrasing, but its megabill is an anti-ACA package that would take coverage from ...

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