Congress is in conflict as Republicans push to cut Medicaid to finance President Trump's tax cuts. While Medicaid supports nearly 80 million individuals, proposed cuts will reduce incomes for the poorest while benefiting the wealthy, with the bottom earners seeing a budget reduction of up to 6.8%. States like West Virginia and New Mexico would experience even more severe impacts. Critics argue that the Medicaid cuts disproportionately hurt low-income families to support tax breaks for the richest 1%, highlighting concerns from Republicans in swing districts about the consequences of slashing essential programs.
Republicans are cutting Medicaid 'to pay for tax breaks for the richest 1 percent of Americans,' one organization noted.
While the lowest 40 percent of earners would save between 0.6 and 1 percent of their income on taxes, the wealthiest 1 percent would save 3.9 percent on taxes.
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