{"id":1052953,"date":"2025-05-20T13:58:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052953"},"modified":"2025-05-20T13:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:58:53","slug":"fact-check-trump-spent-years-trying-to-cut-medicaid-and-republicans-have-already-voted-to-rip-away-health-care-from-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/fact-check-trump-spent-years-trying-to-cut-medicaid-and-republicans-have-already-voted-to-rip-away-health-care-from-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Trump Spent YEARS Trying to Cut Medicaid \u2013 And Republicans Have Already Voted to Rip Away Health Care From Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Don\u2019t let Donald Trump fool you \u2014 his record on Medicaid is clear. Trump has been trying to rob Americans of their health care and screw over working families for <\/strong>years<\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his <\/strong>FY18<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>FY19<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>FY20<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>FY21<\/strong><\/a> budgets, Trump repeatedly proposed hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Healthcare Dive<\/a>: \u201cTrump admin proposes massive cuts to Medicaid<\/strong>, Medicare\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s budget proposal shreds<\/strong> Social Security and Medicaid benefits\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Joe Kernen, CNBC<\/a>: \u201cHave you changed your outlook on how to handle entitlements, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cSo first of all, there is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Floats Cuts to Social Security and Medicare\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, he\u2019s back at it again, working tirelessly since Day One to strip health care away from millions of Americans alongside House Republicans \u2014 many of whom have already voted to slash the program. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House<\/a>: \u201cThe following executive actions are hereby revoked:<\/strong> \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExecutive Order 14009 of January 28, 2021 (Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act).\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services<\/a>: \u201cExecutive Order 14009 in 2021 established the policy objective to protect and strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and to make high-quality health care accessible and affordable for every American.\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

KFF<\/a>: \u201cCongress is currently targeting up to $880 billion or more in federal Medicaid spending reductions.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday afternoon advanced legislation containing cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions \u2014 some of the most controversial and contentious provisions that will be included in the \u2018big, beautiful bill\u2019 of President Trump\u2019s ambitious legislative agenda.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>: \u201cCBO\u2019s early estimates show that at least 13.7 million people would lose coverage and become uninsured because of the Medicaid cuts and the ACA marketplace restrictions in this committee legislation, <\/strong>as well as the fact that the budget legislation does not extend expiring marketplace premium tax credit improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White House Budget Request<\/a>: \u201cCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Program Management \u2026 -674 [million dollars]\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don\u2019t let Donald Trump fool you \u2014 his record on Medicaid is clear. Trump has been trying to rob Americans of their health care and screw over working families for years.  In his FY18, FY19, FY20, and FY21 budgets, Trump repeatedly proposed hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid. 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