The GOP’s focus on cutting Medicaid isn’t merely defensible — it’s necessary.
U.S. House Republicans recently released a list of proposals for slashing federal spending by as much as $5.7 trillion. A significant portion of the proposed savings — a whopping $2.3 trillion — would come from Medicaid.
Progressives are decrying the GOP document as a heartless assault on an essential safety-net program.
But Medicaid has grown far too large and expensive in recent years. Republicans are right to pore over it for savings.
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Unaffordable Medicaid Means We Should Forget It
Sally C. Pipes
The GOP’s focus on cutting Medicaid isn’t merely defensible — it’s necessary.
U.S. House Republicans recently released a list of proposals for slashing federal spending by as much as $5.7 trillion. A significant portion of the proposed savings — a whopping $2.3 trillion — would come from Medicaid.
Progressives are decrying the GOP document as a heartless assault on an essential safety-net program.
But Medicaid has grown far too large and expensive in recent years. Republicans are right to pore over it for savings.
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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.