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Home Republicans have an enormous math downside. So as to have the ability to go Trump’s tax cuts for the rich and firms, they should intestine Medicaid to the tune of one thing within the neighborhood of $1.5 billion, which might primarily intestine this system and power the monetary burden again on to the states, who can be pressured to kick individuals off of Medicaid.
Nonetheless, a bunch of Senate Republicans don’t need any Medicaid cuts, and there are sufficient of them to sink the entire tax invoice, so the Senate GOP devised a plan that doesn’t lower Medicaid.
Most Home Republicans hate this plan and are already saying that they’d not assist it as the ultimate invoice.
If issues weren’t chaotic sufficient, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) entered the image and put a crimson line on the extent of Medicaid cuts that he’s keen to assist.
