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Medicaid, GOP Fumbles Defense

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.

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The New York Times · 12d

Republicans Can’t Hide Medicaid Cuts in a ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill

The Republican tax bill would take health insurance from millions of lower-income Americans and give the savings to the wealthiest Americans.

Time on MSN · 1d

'We're All Going to Die': GOP Fumbles Defense of Medicaid Cuts

Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa told an audience “Well, we all are going to die,” in response to concerns that Medicaid cuts woud lead to more deaths

1don MSN

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 ...

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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 ...

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies23h

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 ...

3don MSN

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 ...

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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 ...

The Bulwark12dOpinion

The Republican Party’s Populist Betrayal

The GOP’s budget bill exposes Trump’s ‘working-class party’ rhetoric as phony. It also gives Democrats a massive health care ...

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 News6d

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.

Soy Aire on MSN1d

Mike Johnson defends Medicaid reform amidst controversy

House Speaker Mike Johnson stands firm on Medicaid reform, asserting that proposed changes under President Trump won't cut ...

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