Senate GOP leader looks to avoid Trump 'big, beautiful' revolt on Medicaid cuts

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has begun meeting privately with Senate Republicans who are threatening to derail President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over what they fear could be substantial cuts to Medicaid.

Senate GOP sources say there’s a group of five to seven Republican senators who are concerned about the Medicaid reforms included in the House budget reconciliation package, which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants to pass by Memorial Day.

Some of these GOP senators are threatening to oppose the House bill if it limits states’ ability to receive more federal Medicaid funding through health care provider taxes and if it requires more working-class people to pay more into the program.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-gop-leader-looks-avoid-100000048.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Hey hey hey John! Don't forget Medicare.

If you're going to add $4 Trillion to the Deficit, keep Medicaid and Medicare and add $8 Trillion instead.

[gab13by13]

2. Why not talk about the Senators who want more cuts?

[hatrack]

3. And they'll all fall to their knees and suck and suck and suck some more, just as ordered.

Republican "moderates" - what a fucking farce.

[Walleye]

4. So they are "concerned"

Right up until the moment someone drags them into their cloakroom and hands them a cell phone with power-drunk uncle Donnie yelling at them. Then they will miraculously get their 50 votes to screw us with.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. Republicans are screwed either way. Passing these cuts will ensure their defeat in 2026

Not passing a bill will highlight their pure incompetence and division.

[Silent Type]

6. I hope so, but not sure any of the cuts will have an impact next year before mid-terms. Most are loaded to

later years.