House GOP Prepares Budget Proposal with Potential Medicaid Cuts and Tax Revisions
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House GOP leadership plans to unveil a budget proposal focusing on tax cuts and Medicaid reforms, possibly affecting 36 million recipients. The proposal includes burdensome work requirements that could strip coverage for vulnerable populations.
House GOP leadership is finalizing a budget proposal aimed at delivering trillion-dollar tax cuts. Key components of the plan include spending cuts, with Medicaid facing significant reforms, especially through work requirements that would heighten documentation burdens for recipients. A study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) projects that these Medicaid work requirements could lead to the removal of 36 million Medicaid recipients from the program. This change is expected to disproportionately affect vulnerable groups, including the disabled, women, the homeless, and individuals struggling with mental health or substance use issues.
