Republicans Push Massive Medicaid Cuts to Pay for Trump’s Billionaire Tax Breaks
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🔴 UPDATE: May 14, 2025
GOP Advances Medicaid Cuts to Fund Trump’s Tax Agenda
They’re doing it again. With Trump back in power and Republicans in control of Congress, the war on working Americans is back in full swing—and this time, they’re going after Medicaid with surgical cruelty.
Under the guise of “reform,” House Republicans are advancing legislation that could rip health care away from over 10 million Americans, slashing Medicaid by hundreds of billions to fund Trump’s expiring $4 trillion tax giveaway to the rich.
Key Developments:
$880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts: The GOP's bill, advanced by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, slashes Medicaid by $880 billion over the next decade—echoing the failed 2017 repeal effort but with even more devastating consequences.
Source The HillWork Requirements, Paperwork Traps: Non-disabled adults would be forced to prove they work 80 hours/month, despite studies showing most already work. Arkansas and Georgia’s similar efforts led to thousands losing coverage with no gain in employment.
Source: The AtlanticOver 10 Million Could Lose Coverage: The Congressional Budget Office estimates 10.3 million people would lose Medicaid coverage by 2034 under this plan, and 7.6 million would become uninsured.
Source The HillMassive Copays for the Poor: Medicaid recipients could face $35 copays per visit—a fee high enough to keep struggling families from seeking care
Source: ABC NewsDemocratic Protest & Public Backlash: Capitol Police arrested 26 demonstrators, many in wheelchairs, during a 26-hour committee hearing marred by Republican infighting and growing outrage.
Source The Hill
The Real Story: Who Wins and Who Pays the Price?
The winners? The same oligarchs who always win when the GOP is in charge. Trump’s tax cuts are set to expire—and Republicans want to raid the health care of 93 million Americans to bankroll permanent tax breaks for billionaires and corporations .
The losers? Children, the elderly, working families, rural communities—and yes, Trump voters. Even conservative think tanks admit MAGA voters are deeply dependent on Medicaid in states that expanded coverage .
This isn’t about fraud. It’s not about fairness. It’s about gutting the one lifeline millions of Americans have so the ultra-rich can get a bigger yacht.
🔍 Why This Matters:
The GOP has stopped pretending. They’re using “work requirements” and “waste” as political fig leaves for policies that will devastate working-class Americans.
And they know it. That’s why the new rules wouldn’t even take effect until 2029—after two elections. They’re too cowardly to face voters after stripping their health care, so they’ve built in a delay to dodge accountability .
🚨 The Bottom Line:
Republicans are trying to steal your health care to fund Trump’s billionaire tax cuts, and they don’t care how many lives they ruin to do it. This is deliberate. It’s calculated. And it’s the same war they’ve been waging for decades—this time, with more power and less shame.
They failed in 2017. Are we going to let them do it now?
📌Sources:
ABC News: The GOP is trying again to cut Medicaid. It's only gotten harder since 2017
The Atlantic: A Medicaid Cut in Disguise
The Hill: Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda
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I wonder how Donald is going to frame this as helping his supporters? Recently he signed yet another EO to roll back regulations for the fishing industry. All he seems to do is support dying industries while doing things to speed up their deaths & the people in them.