Medicaid, Donald Trump and Senate
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Republicans are seeking to limit a tax loophole that gives states more federal matching funds. Many state budgets could be hurt.
Senate Republicans have unveiled a sweeping plan to overhaul the Medicaid program, with changes policy analysts warn could lead to even greater coverage losses and pain for hospital systems than the aggressive proposal passed by the House of Representatives last month.
Jeremy Nordquist, president of the Nebraska Hospital Association, called the proposed Medicaid cuts "an alarming attack on the already fragile financial health of our hospitals."
The Senate Finance Committee is revising the proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s “big beautiful bill” — a move sure to spur vehement opposition from hospitals.
Medicaid provisions in Republicans’ reconciliation megabill would lead to between 8,000 and nearly 25,000 medically preventable deaths, according to new research in the Annals of Internal Medicine.