Summary
House Republicans cannot meet their budget target without major cuts to Medicare or Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Their budget plan requires $880 billion in cuts, but with Medicare excluded, Medicaid makes up 93% of the available funds.
This puts Republicans in a bind between conservative hard-liners demanding cuts and moderates opposing reductions to essential health programs.
While Trump claims Medicaid will be untouched, Speaker Mike Johnson argues it has excessive fraud.
I mean if Republicans really wanted to root out fraud they have a resident expert with first hand knowledge.
Like the IRS, increasing funding to auditing services nets more savings than the input costs.
If republicans want to root out fraud … as is often said “suicide is always an option”. That’d be the best way to both drain the swamp and root out corruption by republicans lol