The leader of the House Mestor, Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.), pursued Republicans on Thursday because of her designs for Medicaid and said GOP leader wrong Americans say that no patients would lose health benefits within the scope of their plan.
“The Republicans lie to the American people against Medicaid,” said Jeffries during a press conference in the Capitol.
Medicaid, perhaps the most controversial piece of the massive budget blueprint of the Republicans for President Trump’s domestic agenda, turned out to be in office in his first year. As part of the GOP resolution, the energy and trade committee, which is responsible for Medicaid, was given the task of finding at least 880 billion US dollars of programs that compensate for the cost of tax cutting billion in the amount of trillion dollars as part of its output.
Behind the spokesman Mike Johnson (R-La.) The GOP leaders claim that they can reach the $ 880 billion mark by finding waste, fraud and abuse under Medicaid and at the same time applying recent work requirements for some adults.
“Everyone is committed to preservation [Medicaid] Advantages for those who urgently need it and deserve it and qualify for it, ”Johnson told reporters this week. “We speak of exterminating fraud, waste and abuse.”
Steve Scalisene (R-La.), Haupa majority leader, was even more adamant and swiveled a copy of the household solution of the Republicans and challenged the Democrats to find indications of medical cuts that are not mentioned in the document.
“Instead of just lying back and licking their wounds that they are completely untouched with the American people, it is their only decision to reach for lying what is in this voice,” said Scalisue.
“There is no medicaid in this bill. There are no medicaid cuts in this invoice. “
Democrats rejected this argument. While you have recognized the lack of a specific reference to Medicaid in the 45-page budget bill, you argue that the energy and trade committee does not monitor enough expenses for other programs to find $ 880 billion without profound cuts against Medicaid.
“If the energy and trade committee said we do not want to reduce Medicaid, we will literally shorten everything we may be 100 percent that you can only bring to the 880 billion US dollars halfway,” said Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA), Senior Democrat in the House budget Committee, formerly a week.
“By definition, you have to do at least hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid.”
This message is now the focus of the strategy of the Democrats of the counter -complaint when they are fighting to block Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” strategy. As a minority party in both chambers, the Democrats cannot sink legislation itself. But they hope that they can encourage enough public outrage about the patterns that republicans in need of protection will vote against them in Lila.
Jeffries leads this messaging fee.
“Everyone knows who had a connection to the congress budget.” This will hurt children, hurt families, injure the daily Americans with disabilities and violate seniors.
“I can’t say it any other way: Republicans lie,” he added. “Proof wrong me.”
