U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) talks to reporters on the U.S. Capitol, amid debate over Republicans’ spending invoice.
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U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) talks to reporters on the U.S. Capitol, amid debate over Republicans’ spending invoice.
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The large price range invoice that Senate Republicans are debating pays for a few of its tax cuts by slashing a whole bunch of billions of {dollars} in Medicaid spending. The newest report from the non-partisan Congressional Finances Workplace estimates practically 12 million individuals will lose medical insurance if the Senate model of the invoice turns into legislation.
Trump insists the cuts come from eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. Democrats have mentioned they break Trump’s promise to not contact Medicaid — and over the weekend, Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina agreed. “What do I inform 663,000 individuals in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid as a result of the funding’s not there anymore?”
We requested Sarah Jane Tribble, the chief rural correspondent for KFF Well being Information, what the cuts will imply for rural residents of states like North Carolina — and the hospitals that serve them.
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