GOP’s Medicaid trims won’t tame the beast — here’s how to restore sanity

This week, House Republicans are laboring to pass proposals to reform Medicaid, the fast-growing system of federal funding for states to deliver health care to low-income Americans, as part of President Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill. The Republicans’ proposals would merely slow the program’s further spending growth over the coming decade, from 4.6% per year to 3.7% — and even that reduction in growth is likely to overestimate the savings that would occur. To offset the cost of extending the 2017 tax cuts, the House GOP has attempted to maximize the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of savings resulting from its proposed reforms to Medicaid.

Author: Chris Pope

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