Republicans struggle to achieve $1.5 trillion in budget cuts needed to finance tax cuts and immigration plans without impacting vital healthcare programs. The House's recent budget proposal seeks $880 billion cuts from healthcare, but the CBO warns that such reductions would necessitate cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Chip, which collectively support tens of millions of Americans. Speaker Mike Johnson's assurances lack financial grounding, highlighting the conflict between fiscal goals and the need to protect essential safety net programs.
The independent in-house agency confirmed that it would be impossible to reduce spending by $880bn without cuts to Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (Chip).
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