The Senate’s health care bill actually cuts the program massively.
President Donald Trump tweeted this chart on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that the Senate Republican health care bill actually increases funding for Medicaid: Here’s the problem: It’s incredibly misleading. You can’ t just look at raw dollar figures spent on a given program. Even with no changes to current law, inflation and population growth increase tax revenues, increase the federal budget, and cause programs to cost more in raw dollars. So what would this chart look like if we superimposed? Like this: What you’ re looking at is a massive cut in Medicaid spending. In 2026, the Better Care Reconciliation Act would cut Medicaid spending by about $160 billion, and end Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid to low-income Americans. As my: Ultimately, the Congressional Budget Office projects 15 million people would lose coverage with the repeal of Medicaid expansion. So it’s incredibly misleading for the president to claim that Senate Republicans are increasing funding for Medicaid.
