Summary

House Republicans cannot meet their budget target without major cuts to Medicare or Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Their budget plan requires $880 billion in cuts, but with Medicare excluded, Medicaid makes up 93% of the available funds.

This puts Republicans in a bind between conservative hard-liners demanding cuts and moderates opposing reductions to essential health programs.

While Trump claims Medicaid will be untouched, Speaker Mike Johnson argues it has excessive fraud.

  • venotic@kbin.melroy.org
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    8 hours ago

    Man I can only hope that if we even survive just one year of this lunacy, that we’ve smartened up by 2026 to get a majority of these clowns out. That’s our honest and best chance right now.

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        7 hours ago

        It’s Russian style elections from here on out, where the numbers are made up and the votes don’t matter.

        • formulaBonk@lemm.ee
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          And by here on out you mean since last November right ? The numbers don’t mean anything for a while now