The Republican Budget Plan Could Kick Millions Off Medicaid

As GOP lawmakers mull how to slash federal spending, health care for low-income Americans could be first on the chopping block.

by Grace Segers

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As Republicans in Congress struggle to write a massive bill that would slash government spending and extend a bevy of tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s first term, one gargantuan point of contention looms above all others: whether to cut funding for Medicaid—and by how much. One potential avenue for reducin…