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3 weeks ago | ccf.georgetown.edu | Hannah Harris Green |Edwin Park |Adam Searing

As we have written about extensively on Say Ahhh!, Medicaid is facing large cuts in the budget reconciliation process with hundreds of billions of dollars on the chopping block. It’s unclear how policymakers will meet the hundreds of billions in cuts assigned to programs under the jurisdiction of the House Energy and Commerce Committee but it is clear that Medicaid will face substantial cuts. Medicaid researchers have been busy estimating the economic and coverage impacts of various proposals.

Jan 20, 2025 | ccf.georgetown.edu | Edwin Park

On Friday, January 17, Politico and other news outlets reported that the House Budget Committee distributed to the House Republican Caucus a new 50-page list of mandatory spending and tax proposals that may be included in budget reconciliation legislation.

Jan 15, 2025 | ccf.georgetown.edu | Joan Alker |Aubrianna Osorio |Edwin Park

Non-elderly adults and children in small towns and rural areas are more likely than those living in metro areas to rely on Medicaid/CHIP for their health insurance. As a consequence, reductions in federal Medicaid funding being contemplated in Congress are more likely to cause greater harm to rural areas and small towns than metro areas. For children this is especially true in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, California, Minnesota, Georgia, South Dakota, and Alaska.

Jan 11, 2025 | ccf.georgetown.edu | Edwin Park

According to press reports, at a January 4th meeting of the House Republican caucus, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) presented policy options to deeply cut federal Medicaid spending, including a proposal to convert Medicaid to a per capita cap, as part of budget reconciliation legislation this year.

Jan 9, 2025 | ccf.georgetown.edu | Edwin Park |Joan Alker

As we have previously written, since the November election, Congressional Republican leaders have been increasingly open about their intent to make deeply damaging cuts to Medicaid. Now, at a caucus retreat on January 4th, House Republicans actively discussed policy options to cut federal Medicaid spending — including converting Medicaid to a per capita cap — for inclusion in budget reconciliation legislation this year, according to both Politico and Axios.