Josh Hawley consistently opposed cutting Medicaid, stating it would harm the poorest Americans and be politically detrimental for Republicans. In Missouri, he engaged with health advocates who warned that such cuts could jeopardize billions in federal funding and lead to loss of insurance for 170,000 residents. Despite his vocal opposition, Hawley voted for a bill projected to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, making him part of the majority. He later introduced legislation to mitigate some of the proposed Medicaid reductions.
Josh Hawley argued repeatedly that stripping health insurance from the poorest Americans would be "morally wrong and politically suicidal" for the party reliant on votes from government assistance recipients.
So far, Hawley's support for the bill, which was expected to cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid, left 10 million Americans newly uninsured, proving to be a decisive factor in the voting.
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