Trump Backs GOP Plan To Cut Billions From Medicaid

The Insider reports:

President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed a House Republican budget plan that could cut billions from Medicaid, just hours after pledging that the healthcare program for millions of disabled and low-income Americans would not be touched. Republican leaders have called for massive spending cuts to finance trillions in tax cuts and other provisions. House conservatives won a major concession last week, passing a budget blueprint that ties the size of the proposed tax cuts to the size of spending cuts.

During an interview alongside Elon Musk, Trump said he would not touch Medicaid. He has pledged not to cut Social Security and Medicare, the largest federal government programs, though his administration has recently gone after Social Security for suspected fraud. “Medicare, Medicaid, none of that stuff is going to be touched,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview that aired on Tuesday night. Trump previously said he would “love and cherish” Medicaid, which insures 70 million Americans.

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