As Republicans double down on deeply unpopular policies, headlines across the country are sounding the alarm. The GOP’s big, ugly bill makes the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act in history to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. An estimated 16 million Americans would lose life-saving coverage, including seniors, children, veterans, people with disabilities, workers who don’t get insurance through their jobs, and people who take care of their children or elderly parents. With each move, the GOP is not only endangering the health care of millions of Americans but marching itself closer to political disaster.
HEADLINES
Wall Street Journal: Medicaid Work Requirements Have Mostly Failed. The GOP Is Still Pushing Them
Washington Examiner: GOP Medicaid Cuts Would Shutter Third of Rural Hospitals as Some Lawmakers Shrug: ‘Hold Your Nose’
The Guardian: Republican Senators’ Proposed Medicaid Cuts Threaten to Send Red States ‘Backwards’
Washington Post: In West Virginia, Medicaid Is a Lifeline. GOP Cuts Could Devastate the State
MSNBC: ‘Look My Child in the Eye’: Parent Confronts GOP Over Medicaid Cuts
New York Times: ‘Little Lobbyists’ Urge Senators to Oppose Trump’s Bill Cutting Medicaid
Politico: How the Senate Megabill Could Backfire on Conservatives
NPR: In This Rural Colorado Valley, Cuts to Medicaid Would Have Vast Ripple Effects
Bloomberg: Senate Readies Tax Bill for Vote With Holdouts Threatening Delay
The American Prospect: The Word Games That Enable Medicaid Cuts
The Hill: Opinion: The Hidden Casualties of Medicaid Cuts: America’s Family Caregivers
Bloomberg: Opinion: Cutting Medicaid Is The Issue That Can Damage Republicans the Most
Washington Post: Opinion: Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Could Break the MAGA Coalition