Republicans are currently eyeing deep cuts to federal health spending, a move they say is necessary to help fund a massive budget bill that includes as much as $200 billion for the Iran war and immigration enforcement. This effort to rein in health programs is definitely going to be controversial, with some critics already saying they are cutting healthcare just to pay for an unpopular war.
Top House Republicans are looking at a few different health care offsets, specifically with fraud in federal programs, which isn’t new territory for them. They did something similar last year, which led to cuts in federal Medicaid spending. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) confirmed this, stating, “There’s other items we’re looking at right now, especially in the areas of fraud and waste and abuse that we’re working through with our members.”
