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Donald Trump\u2019s handpicked MAGA minion Austin Scott is making the House GOP\u2019s plans clear: cut Medicaid for millions of Americans and roll back the Affordable Care Act\u2019s landmark expansion. While Trump drives the economy into a <\/em>recession<\/em><\/a>, skyrockets costs to <\/em>record<\/em><\/a> <\/em>highs<\/em><\/a>, and <\/em>threatens<\/em><\/a> small businesses, his GOP lackeys are plotting to rip away health care access to pay for another round of tax handouts for their billionaire backers. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATCH: Trump-<\/strong>endorsed<\/strong><\/a> MAGA minion Austin Scott just laid out the GOP\u2019s plan for cutting Medicaid. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Austin Scott<\/a>: \u201cThe federal government is paying 90% of the Medicaid expansion. What we’ve talked about is moving that 90% level of the expansion back towards \u2026 50% to approximately 80% instead \u2026 nobody would be kicked off Medicaid as long as governors decided they wanted to continue to fund the program.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Trump and House Republicans worked together to advance their devastating funding agenda to gut Medicaid while making Trump\u2019s tax handouts for his billionaire backers permanent. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Libbey Dean, NewsNation<\/a>: \u201cBudget blueprint PASSES House 216-214\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cIt is IMPERATIVE that Republicans in the House pass the Tax Cut Bill, NOW!<\/strong> Our Country Will Boom!!!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans released a new budget blueprint Wednesday that would pave the way for \u2026 making President Donald Trump\u2019s 2017 tax cuts permanent.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KFF<\/a>: \u201cCongress is currently targeting up to $880 billion or more in federal Medicaid spending reductions.<\/strong> The House passed a budget resolution instructing the House Energy & Commerce Committee (E&C) to reduce the federal deficit by at least $880 billion over 10 years. Although the budget resolution does not mention Medicaid, Medicaid comprises $8.2 trillion out of the $8.6 trillion in mandatory spending that E&C must use to come up with spending reductions (assuming Medicare cuts are off the table). As a result, major cuts to Medicaid are the only way to meet the House\u2019s budget resolution required $880 billion (or more) in spending reductions.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medicaid cuts would rip away health care access across the country, devastating our children, seniors, and rural communities.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProPublica<\/a>: \u201cThe Trump Administration Cracked Down on Medicaid. Kids Lost Insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

West Virginia Watch<\/a>: \u201cMedicaid cuts could hurt older adults who rely on home care, nursing homes\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMedicaid Cuts May Force Retirees Out of Nursing Homes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Georgetown University Center for Children and Families<\/a>: \u201cCuts to Medicaid<\/strong> Will Shift Costs to Families, Providers and Will Be Especially Harmful to Rural Communities\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cRural nursing home closures are a concern<\/strong> for Nate Schema, president and CEO of Good Samaritan, the nation\u2019s largest nonprofit nursing home and senior living provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe society operates 105 nursing homes in eight states that serve about 10,000 residents. In more than a dozen of its rural facilities, about 70% of residents are Medicaid beneficiaries<\/strong>, Schema said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donald Trump\u2019s handpicked MAGA minion Austin Scott is making the House GOP\u2019s plans clear: cut Medicaid for millions of Americans and roll back the Affordable Care Act\u2019s landmark expansion. 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