House GOP puts Medicaid, ACA, climate measures on chopping block
House Republicans are passing around a menu of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trumps top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security.
The early list of potential spending offsets obtained by POLITICO includes changes to Medicare and ending Biden administration climate programs, along with slashing welfare and reimagining the Affordable Care Act.
Five people familiar with the document said those provisions are options to finance Republicans massive party-line reconciliation bill or other spending reform efforts, including those being spearheaded by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
The people, granted anonymity to discuss closed-door negotiations, said that the list originated from the House Budget Committee, chaired by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas). Republicans involved in the reconciliation plans have been generally targeting the listed programs for several months, but internal GOP fights over trillions of dollars in potential cuts are just beginning.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/spending-cuts-house-gop-reconciliation-medicaid-00197541
Medicaid will be ravaged, imo.