Overview

• The House-approved reconciliation bill includes $880 billion in Medicaid cuts over ten years, David Sacks revealed on May 26.
• A nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office report estimates at least 10 million Americans will lose Medicaid coverage under the proposal.
• The legislation adds an 80-hour monthly work requirement for able-bodied recipients and tightens overall eligibility criteria.
• Bill text prevents individuals who lose Medicaid due to new rules from enrolling in alternative plans on state insurance marketplaces.
• President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson continue to claim the changes target waste rather than reduce benefits, even as the bill advances to the Senate.