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The lie being spread about Medicaid cuts in the BBB

The lie being spread about Medicaid cuts in the BBB

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York)

The lie being spread about Medicaid cuts in the BBB

Opponents of the "one big, beautiful bill" are accused of lying when they say passage of the legislation would take away people's Medicaid coverage.

Since this story was posted, the Senate has passed President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, with Vice President JD Vance breaking a 50-50 tie to push it over the top. The bill next goes back to the House.

There's been a lot of concern about H.R.1 and Medicaid. Democrats, television ads – and even a few Republicans – have warned that the bill "cuts Medicaid." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), a longtime opponent of most anything backed by the Trump administration, argued in June that the "actual reality" of the bill will bring "harsh cuts where people lose health care, where people's premiums go up, where hospitals close, nursing homes close, and people are laid off."

Proponents, however, disagree that the BBB cuts Medicaid. Among them is Jameson Taylor, PhD, of AFA Action. "This bill will save Medicaid, not cut it," he says. "Democrats and their Republican allies like Thom Tillis are lying about Medicaid when it comes to the one big, beautiful bill."

Taylor, Dr. Jameson (AFA Action) Taylor

Taylor explains that the House – where the legislation originated and has been passed – has been pushing for different reforms for Medicaid.

"One, they want to take out abortion providers who not only offering abortion services, but sex change operations for minors," he tells AFN. "They want to defund abortion providers by $7 billion over ten years. John Thune in the Senate has cut this back to $700 million over one year."

Second, Taylor says the House wants to remove illegal aliens from Medicaid. "Illegal aliens are not eligible for Medicaid," he notes. "Republicans in the Senate are complaining about this [reform effort]."

The House also wants a Medicaid work requirement, one that would require able-bodied adults to work, train, study, or volunteer a certain number of hours per month to maintain coverage.

"Medicaid has a ton of fraud," Taylor points out. "And so they're saying 'Hey, people who are not even eligible for Medicaid, we're going to take them off the program.'"

The final and perhaps most controversial aspect involves the provider tax, something many states use to help cover Medicaid costs. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) has expressed concern about that, although he did change from a "no" to a "yes" ahead of Saturday's vote to advance the BBB.

According to Politico, Hawley "was also encouraged by an increase in the rural hospital fund, which means that his state will get more Medicaid funding for the next four years."

Taylor admits he isn't a fan of the provider tax.

"That is from urban hospitals … forcing state taxpayers to subsidize their failed business model," he explains. "This provider tax is actually for urban hospitals that are the ones seeing the most of the Medicaid patients. But because Medicaid doesn't pay very well, the hospitals need to take subsidies out of taxpayer pockets in order to fund their failed business model."

President Donald Trump has called for H.R.1 to be approved by both chambers and sent to his desk for signature by July 4. That deadline remains questionable at press time as the Senate continues debate and has yet to vote. Still pending after that would be a reconciliation time where both chambers would have to hash out differences between the House and Senate versions.


Editor's Note: AFA Action is an affiliate of American Family Association, the parent organization of the American Family News Network, which operates AFN.net.

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