It’s time to restore integrity to Medicaid and deliver better outcomes for beneficiaries and taxpayers. Nobody, least of all Americans in need, benefits when public dollars are thrown away.
The incoming Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress are looking to rein in Medicaid, the health insurance entitlement that consumed a record 10% of the federal budget in 2023 despite delivering substandard care to its 79.4 million enrollees.
Democrats are lining up to denounce the GOP’s plans, which they claim will harm vulnerable Americans. But they’re wrong. Trimming Medicaid won’t merely ease the burden on taxpayers — it could result in many of the program’s beneficiaries receiving better care.
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Republicans can make Medicaid work again
Sally C. Pipes
It’s time to restore integrity to Medicaid and deliver better outcomes for beneficiaries and taxpayers. Nobody, least of all Americans in need, benefits when public dollars are thrown away.
The incoming Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress are looking to rein in Medicaid, the health insurance entitlement that consumed a record 10% of the federal budget in 2023 despite delivering substandard care to its 79.4 million enrollees.
Democrats are lining up to denounce the GOP’s plans, which they claim will harm vulnerable Americans. But they’re wrong. Trimming Medicaid won’t merely ease the burden on taxpayers — it could result in many of the program’s beneficiaries receiving better care.
Read the op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.