Medicaid
Oklahoma GOP Lawmakers Push Marxist Health Care Scheme
Is Marxism the only way to save rural health care? Most conservatives would recoil from such a claim, but some Oklahoma legislators appear to have swallowed it. The House and Senate passed HB 2048, the 340B Nondiscrimination…
How does the national debt affect you? A budget expert explains.
The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $2 trillion this year. And while that budget deficit is a major concern for many Americans, the specifics of how and why the government borrows so much money can often seem…
Trump Has Stern Message for House Republicans on Budget Bill
President Donald Trump met with the entire House Republican Conference on Tuesday and delivered a strong message—namely, that the time for negotiations on the budget reconciliation bill is over. A number of House Republicans…
US gov’t could save $1.4 billion by defunding ‘gender transitions’ for minors: report
Tue May 20, 2025 - 7:00 am EDTMon May 19, 2025 - 4:26 pm EDT (The Daily Signal) — Republicans could net approximately $1.4 billion in savings through cutting Medicaid coverage for child “gender transitions,” a senior…
Texas Republican Explains Why He’s Holdout on ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Texas Republican Rep. Keith Self would vote against his party’s budget reconciliation bill as it currently stands. “I am a ‘no’ at the moment,” he told The Daily Signal. Months in the making, the bill would extend President…
CBO Halves Savings From Medicaid Ban on Child Sex Changes
A new preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office that measured the impact of blocking Medicaid dollars from funding child sex-change procedures is causing Republicans to cast doubt on the CBO score. A…
Cutting Taxpayer-Funded Child Transitions Could Save $1.4 Billion
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans could net approximately $1.4 billion in savings through cutting Medicaid coverage for child gender transitions, a senior legislative aide familiar with the unofficial figure told The…
House Democratic Leader Digs in Heels on Republican Budget Bill
House Democrat leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries suggested at a Thursday press conference that he would vigorously oppose Republicans’ reform proposals for Medicaid and other welfare benefits, with the hope that their budget…
Speaker Threads Needle in Stitching Together ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
House Republican leadership is facing a herculean task right now, as it seeks to appease various factions with strong opinions on the budget reconciliation bill: fiscal hawks, Medicaid defenders, and tax cut advocates.…
Partisan Warfare Reignites Over Proposed Medicaid Funding Cuts
At the beginning of critical markups on Republicans’ “one big, beautiful” budget bill, Democrats made clear that they would resist all of the proposed cuts to Medicaid funding. Passage of the budget reconciliation bill is…
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