{"id":2404693,"date":"2025-02-20T13:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chatter-about-budget-cuts-to-medicaid-worries-vulnerable-republicans-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:02:09","slug":"chatter-about-budget-cuts-to-medicaid-worries-vulnerable-republicans-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chatter-about-budget-cuts-to-medicaid-worries-vulnerable-republicans-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatter about budget cuts to Medicaid worries vulnerable Republicans &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchatter-about-budget-cuts-to-medicaid-worries-vulnerable-republicans-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">article discusses concerns<\/a> among vulnerable Republicans regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calls-to-mint-trillion-dollar-coin-resurface-as-government-faces-debt-crunch\/\" title=\"Calls To Mint Trillion-Dollar Coin Resurface As Government Faces Debt Crunch\">potential budget cuts<\/a> to Medicaid, particularly considering a House budget proposal backed by President Donald Trump that suggests \u200bsignificant\u2064 reductions to \u200dthe program. This has raised alarm among GOP members, \u200cespecially those representing districts with high \u200dreliance on government-funded healthcare. A notable \u2064example is\u200b Rep. David Valadao of\u2063 California,who faced \u200bbacklash after supporting\u200d the repeal of Obamacare and afterward lost his reelection\u200c bid. Currently, over half of Valadao&#8217;s \u200dconstituents are on medicaid,\u200b making the issue particularly sensitive. Trump&#8217;s contradictory statements on Medicaid, praising it in some instances while endorsing cuts in others, \u2064have further \u200ccomplicated the situation. Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-removes-1-7-million-member-group-joe-biden-is-not-my-president-without-warning-but-anti-trump-not-my-president-page-still-up-after-4-years\/\" title=\"Facebook Removes 1.7 MILLION Member Group \u201cJoe Biden Is Not My President\u201d Without Warning \u2014 But Anti-Trump \u201cNot My President\u201d Page Still Up After 4 Years\">republican lawmakers<\/a> representing large Hispanic \u200bpopulations are opposed to\u2064 the \u200cproposed\u2064 cuts due to the potential adverse effects on their communities. The article \u200dhighlights the political challenges for \u2064Republicans\u2062 as they navigate the\u200d implications\u200c of these proposed cuts\u2063 within their constituencies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chatter about budget cuts to Medicaid worries vulnerable Republicans<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1960536\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Uncertainty about the extent of cuts that could be coming to Medicaid has made some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> on Capitol Hill worried about their standing in their districts when the cuts come up for a vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This week, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> voiced his support for a House budget proposal that would gut Medicaid, surprising Republican members of Congress. The proposal has received backlash from Republican lawmakers, whose constituents rely more heavily on government-funded healthcare than Democratic congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) voted in favor of repealing Obamacare, creating uproar from his constituents. He ultimately lost reelection in the 2018 midterm elections. Now, his California district is filled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dKTTl9MX_8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">with TV ads<\/a> advising him not to slash Medicaid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a little bit more of a sticky conversation for Congressman Valadao,&rdquo; his former chief of staff, Tal Eslick, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/20\/david-valadao-medicaid-cuts-congress-00205072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. &ldquo;From the perspective of [Democrats], it&rsquo;s a great attack, and any claims they can make about House Republicans attacking that program will probably be pretty effective with voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to data from 2023, more than half of Valadao&rsquo;s constituents are on Medicaid. Valadao is additionally one of the last remaining Republicans still in Congress of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection related to his actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who originally pushed for Obamacare to be repealed in his first term in office, has given mixed signals on its future. Last month, he said he would &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/01\/31\/congress\/trump-love-and-cherish-medicaid-00201893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">love and cherish<\/a>&rdquo; Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and said Tuesday on Fox News that &ldquo;Medicare, Medicaid, none of that stuff is going to be touched.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The next day, however, he posted on Truth Social that he was endorsing a House spending bill that would reduce Medicaid spending by billions of dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans have said they will support the cuts if they align with Trump&rsquo;s billionaire adviser Elon Musk&rsquo;s idea of cutting alleged &ldquo;waste, fraud, and abuse&rdquo; in the federal government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Medicaid is probably the most broken federal government. It&rsquo;s something I&rsquo;ve dealt with on a daily basis as a physician and running a hospital. We can certainly make it more efficient,&rdquo; Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) told <em>Politico<\/em>. He did not provide evidence of this claim to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, eight House Republicans, all of whom represent large Hispanic populations, wrote a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to reject the Trump-backed legislation. They said they &ldquo;fully support efforts to reign in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jersey-governors-race-may-come-down-to-maga-wild-card-factor-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"New Jersey governor\u2019s race may come down to MAGA wild-card factor - Washington Examiner\">wasteful spending&#038;rdquo<\/a>; but said that it was &ldquo;imperative&rdquo; that certain programs that support their communities not be cut.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Slahsing Medicaid would have serious consequences, particularly in rural and predominantly Hispanic communities,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepTonyGonzales\/status\/1892352496917459386\/photo\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> the GOP members of Congress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The state of Louisiana, which Johnson represents, has the second-highest percentage of people on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1960536\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1960536\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns over Medicaid cuts alarm vulnerable Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2404694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valadao.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[38037,4606,11975,35629,3756],"class_list":["post-2404693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-budget-cuts","tag-healthcare","tag-medicaid","tag-political-discourse","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/valadao.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404698,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404693\/revisions\/2404698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}