GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
- Written by Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addresses the media on Feb. 25, 2025, after the House narrowly passed his budget resolution calling for big spending cuts.
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesEfforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cutshave stirredwidespread concerns that the federal government may trim expenditures on Medicaid even...