Sen. Markey worries about Medicare, Medicaid cuts
Senate continues to consider Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Republican lawmakers aim to cut $2 trillion in spending over the next decade. The budget reconciliation bill, recently ed by the House of Representatives, triggers $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. Those cuts could impact over 60 million Americans. It’s a move Democrats say targets the most vulnerable population.
Lawmakers are divided on how to tackle America’s $36 trillion dollar deficit. Democrats want to tax the wealthy and implement better IRS enforcement, to collect more taxes. Republicans want to cut federal spending and their taking big and small measures to do so.”
“This bill is ed”
Thursday, House Republicans pulled back on $9 billion in previously approved funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson praised the vote, “Republicans are going to do what we said we would do and apparently without the Democrats help.”
The House speaker says deeper spending cuts will only come through policy adjustment and oversight. This as over in the Senate, President Trump’s big beautiful bill is under review. That includes provisions that could potentially change cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and S.N.A.P programs
“If the Republicans proposal is enacted, these rural hospitals will be at the greatest risk of being forced to stop providing care for new mothers and families, and addiction care and mental health and even emergency room care.”
Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) s a long line of Democrats who say cuts in federal spending shouldn’t come at the expense of low-income healthcare options .
“One community, one person put into harm’s way for the sake of a billionaire tax break is unacceptable. These health care cuts are not just callous, but they’re reckless, especially doing so without making clear to communities across the country how this will impact them.”
The bill would also restrict Medicare eligibility for “green card” holders and those migrants with temporary protected status. American citizens are already seeing delays in provider enrollment. That’s something some Republicans are against, saying the those cuts impact Medicare eligibility for millions of Americans including those with lawful immigration status who have worked and paid taxes in the U.S. for decades.
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