Trump, House GOP Meet to Discuss Whether to Cut Medicaid for Millions of Americans

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Trump is on board with work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
50% : Most Read from Bloomberg House Speaker Mike Johnson and Representative Brett Guthrie, who chairs the committee that oversees Medicaid, are scheduled to meet with the president at the White House Thursday morning to discuss potential cuts to the health coverage program, a person familiar with the plan said. Tax issues are also on the agenda for the meeting, which will include Representative Jason Smith, chairman of the House panel that handles tax legislation, the person said.
44% : Scalise said $880 billion will be achieved but it won't be all from Medicaid.
36% : When asked if Trump is on board, he said that is a matter of discussion.
21% : House Republican leaders also plan to confer with Trump on further cuts through per capita caps on federal dollars to state Medicaid programs and lowering the federal cost share, Scalise said.
7% : Trump has said he would veto a bill that calls for benefit cuts in Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security, though suggested he would be open to measures that reduce "waste, fraud, and abuse" in the programs.

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