President-elect Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have agreed to a deal that might fund the federal government now however increase the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and reduce $2.5 trillion in spending, which appears like cuts to healthcare.
Jake Sherman of Punchbowl Information posted:
IN THE GOP MEETING — GOP management has a slide up that has an “settlement” on the debt restrict
The “settlement” says that Home Republicans will increase the debt restrict by $1.5T within the “first reconciliation package deal” alongside a promise to CUT $2.5T in “internet necessary spending within the reconciliation course of.”
Rep. Jerry Nadler identified:
You canât reduce $2.5 trillion in necessary spending with out substantial cuts to Social Safety and Medicare.
I’ll stand with @HouseDemocrats to combat again to in opposition to these merciless and dangerous cuts.
In case you’re questioning what necessary spending is, right here’s a chart:
Here is what’s in “necessary spending,” per CBO https://t.co/4WBg2xqlqL pic.twitter.com/ZW88P7bbKA
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) December 20, 2024
Since Trump has reportedly instructed Johnson that Social Safety is off the desk, meaning cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans’ healthcare. Particularly, Republicans are going to look to intestine Medicaid.
Rep. Nadler is appropriate the one means for Republicans to succeed in their purpose on necessary spending cuts is to intestine Social Safety and all main healthcare packages. That’s the solely technique to reduce $2.5 trillion in necessary spending.
Trump, Musk, and the Republicans are placing a plan in place that might wreck the nation’s healthcare system in trade for tax cuts for the wealthy.
All of these individuals who voted for Donald Trump as a result of they thought that he would decrease costs might finish shedding their Medicare and Social Safety.
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