President Donald Trump’s endorsement of the House budget resolution as his preferred path to pass an extension of his 2017 tax cuts, border security funding and other parts of his agenda would likely require deep cuts to Medicaid, even though he has vowed not to “touch” the program, magnifying a divide among Republicans on overhauling the program.
Even after Trump made his preference for “one big, beautiful bill” known Wednesday, Senate Republican leaders indicated that they plan to stick to a two-bill approach and avoid, for now, politically contentious debates about Medicaid, the health program that covers more than 70 million low-income Americans, including children and people with disabilities.
Senate Republican leaders have said that in the resolution currently being debated, they intend to find cost savings by repealing a Biden administration nursing home staffing rule to help pay for Trump’s immigration priorities.
