{"id":559742,"date":"2023-03-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-vow-fierce-fight-if-gop-cuts-medicaid\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:00:00","slug":"democrats-vow-fierce-fight-if-gop-cuts-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-vow-fierce-fight-if-gop-cuts-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats vow fierce fight if GOP cuts Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4129f422684\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4129f422684\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-vow-fierce-fight-if-gop-cuts-medicaid\/#Democrats_vow_fierce_fight_if_GOP_cuts_Medicaid\" >Democrats vow fierce fight if GOP cuts Medicaid<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Democrats_vow_fierce_fight_if_GOP_cuts_Medicaid\"><\/span>Democrats vow fierce fight if GOP cuts Medicaid<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/pallonefrank_010523gn_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Democrats are vowing a fierce fight over Medicaid as Republicans eye plans to curb spending for the low-income health care program in the name of deficit reduction.<\/p>\n<p>Joining President Biden, the Democrats are warning that Medicaid cuts would disproportionately impact the same vulnerable populations least able to absorb the hit, including low-income kids, seniors and the disabled, who together\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/issue-brief\/medicaid-financing-the-basics\/\">represent almost three-quarters<\/a>\u00a0of Medicaid spending.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Heading into the year\u2019s coming budget battles, Democrats are pledging to defend the program from the GOP\u2019s cost-cutting designs, raising the stakes in the prickly debate over how to hike the debt ceiling and heightening the chances of a government shutdown later in the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to resist them completely,\u201d said Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (N.J.), senior Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Medicaid program.<\/p>\n<p>The federal entitlements have long been a target of a Republican Party whose traditional brand has featured ideological opposition to government-run health and retirement programs. This year, however, GOP leaders have repeatedly vowed to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security and Medicare \u2014 a reversal heavily influenced by the 2016 arrival of Donald Trump, whose support for both programs helped fuel his populist campaign and propel him into the White House that year.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said both programs are \u201coff the table\u201d in the debt ceiling debate, and even deficit hawks in the far-right Freedom Caucus have endorsed that sentiment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet Republican leaders are also pledging to craft a federal budget that balances revenues and expenditures within a decade \u2014 a promise McCarthy made to the conservative critics in his conference as a way of winning their support in his hard-fought bid for the Speakership in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With major budget items off the table \u2014 including tax hikes and cuts to the Pentagon, Social Security and Medicare \u2014 many Republicans view Medicaid, as well as ObamaCare, as a key target in their deficit-reducing designs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A number of conservatives \u2014 including Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) \u2014\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/01\/13\/debt-ceiling-fight-medicare-medicaid\">are lining up behind proposals<\/a>\u00a0to overhaul Medicaid, including plans to cap spending and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly strict new work requirements governing eligibility. And some of those ideas are receiving a welcome reception from other well-placed Republicans, including Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McMorris Rodgers characterized Medicaid as \u201ca very important safety net\u201d \u2014 one Republicans want to protect \u2014 but pointed to several areas where Republicans see opportunities to cut costs. She\u2019s questioning the wisdom of two Obama-era changes in particular: The expansion of Medicaid to cover almost everyone up to a certain income level, including able-bodied adults; and the enhanced matching rate, also adopted under ObamaCare, that bills most Medicaid costs for the expansion population to the federal government versus the states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistorically, Medicaid has been a partnership between the federal government and the state government, and for traditional Medicaid, it\u2019s still 50-50. But for the expansion populations, it\u2019s like a 90-10. And we need to look at that,\u201d McMorris Rodgers said. \u201cWe need to make sure that we keep the strong safety net. But [we have] a lot of questions about: Is the match where it should be?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>McMorris Rodgers also expressed support for new work requirements as a condition of eligibility for certain beneficiaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of Republicans believe that more flexibility within Medicaid would lead to opportunities for better outcomes at a lower cost,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some House Republicans\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2023\/02\/19\/russ-vought-republican-debt-ceiling-strategy\/\">are taking cues<\/a>\u00a0from Russ Vought, Trump\u2019s former budget director, who has distributed\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/americarenewing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Budget-Center-for-Renewing-America-FY23.pdf\">a lengthy set of cost-cutting proposals<\/a>\u00a0to guide the GOP through the looming budget debates. Among his recommendations are provisions to slash roughly $2 trillion from Medicaid, and more than $600 billion from ObamaCare, over the next decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Those positions put Republicans on a collision course with Democrats, who consider those changes to be benefit cuts that they\u2019d never support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as I\u2019ve been here, Republicans have always wanted to cut Medicaid,\u201d said Pallone. \u201cAnd we can\u2019t allow that, because the people on Medicaid are the lowest income. They have no alternative, so obviously we\u2019re going to oppose any of those cuts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they\u2019re talking about these kinds of cuts I think Medicaid is definitely at risk, and yet it\u2019s one of the most important things that we do to keep Americans healthier,\u201d echoed Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva (Ariz.), another liberal Democrat, said the Republican strategy rests on the notion that Medicaid is not as popular or important as Medicare and Social Security, and therefore makes for an easier political target. That theory, he warned, is categorically untrue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t mention Medicaid because they don\u2019t perceive that as a political third rail. But it is, because you\u2019re going to see cities, states and communities across this country \u2014 and the whole health industry \u2014 react very negatively to any proposed cuts,\u201d Grijalva said. \u201cThey\u2019re going to get a very serious backlash.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not only blue states that have a stake in the fight. While the Supreme Court in 2012 shot down an ObamaCare provision requiring every state to adopt the Medicaid expansion, 39 states have done so voluntarily. And legislators in North Carolina\u00a0announced a deal on Thursday\u00a0that could make them the 40th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In their quest to protect Medicaid, Democrats on Capitol Hill have a strong ally in Biden, who used\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/02\/28\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-americans-access-to-affordable-healthcare\/\">a speech in Virginia Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0to warn Republicans that any proposals to cut Medicaid or ObamaCare would be dead on arrival if they reach his desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake, if MAGA Republicans try to take away people\u2019s health care by gutting Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, I will stop them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden went after Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for proposing to \u201csunset\u201d all federal programs after five years, only to add exceptions last month for Social Security and Medicare after weeks of criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike. The fact that Medicaid was not also exempted from Scott\u2019s plan was not overlooked by the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cNow he says, \u2018Never mind, don\u2019t need to do that\u2019 \u2014\u00a0 although I notice he didn\u2019t say \u2018never mind\u2019 about Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act,\u201d Biden said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re still on the chopping block.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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