Despite fiscal predictions that indicate federal Medicaid spending would continue to rise over the next ten years, congressional Democrats have reportedly blasted Republican lawmakers for their efforts to “devastate Medicaid” in President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.”
According to early estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the president’s comprehensive tax cut and spending measure, which was passed by the House, would lower federal Medicaid expenditure by around $700 billion over a ten-year period.
The planned savings do not reduce Medicaid; rather, they only limit the increase of future spending, according to budget experts, despite Democratic lawmakers denouncing Republicans’ Medicaid reforms as a “attack on health care.”
Despite fiscal predictions that indicate federal Medicaid spending would continue to rise over the next ten years, congressional Democrats have blasted Republican lawmakers for their efforts to “devastate Medicaid” in President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.”
According to early estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the president’s comprehensive tax cut and spending measure, which was passed by the House, would lower federal Medicaid expenditure by around $700 billion over a ten-year period.
The planned savings do not reduce Medicaid; rather, they only limit the increase of future spending, according to budget experts, despite Democratic lawmakers denouncing Republicans’ Medicaid reforms as a “attack on health care.”
Notably, Medicaid spending by the government has increased by an astounding 51% since 2019.
According to Jeremy Nighohossian, a senior fellow and economist with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Medicaid spending is also expected to surpass the 2019 CBO prediction, even after taking population growth and medical inflation into consideration.
The Senate’s ability to approve all of the Medicaid modifications that the House has suggested is still up in the air. Given their possible effects on rural hospitals, moderate GOP senators and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri have indicated they will oppose a House measure that would freeze provider taxes.
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