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Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst gives mock apology to lefty critics for acknowledging ‘we all are going to die’ during Medicaid argument

Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst has delivered a backhanded apology for acknowledging everyone dies during a town hall that included frustration over Trump Medicaid reforms. Ernst sparked controversy when she fielded a question about the Medicaid provisions in the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and a heckler jeered that “people will die!

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Sen. Ernst defends GOP’s proposed changes to Medicaid when pressed at town hall: ‘Well, we all are going to die’

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'We all are going to die': Republican Sen. Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at town hall

GOP Senator Doubles Down On 'We All Are Going To Die' Comment In Wild Non-Apology

Ernst faced angry constituents at a town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, with one woman in the crowd yelling, “People will die.”

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Republican Senator to Medicaid Cuts Protesters — 'We're All Going to Die'

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Worst possible answer: Ernst downplays death as consequence of purging Medicaid

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Expected Medicaid cuts in President Trump's tax bill draw the ire of Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries

Gov. Kathy Hochul and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke out Sunday against expected cuts to Medicaid in President Trump's budget bill.

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Hochul, Jeffries warn GOP health bill would cut billions from New York’s Medicaid funding

The House-passed bill, backed by all of New York’s Republican reps, would cut $13.5 billion a year from federal healthcare funding, state officials say.

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'Don't f--- around with Medicaid': Trump works to clear out GOP opposition to policy bill

Trump warned the right flank of House Republicans not to touch Medicaid any further as tried to rally Republicans behind his "big, beautiful bill."

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Medicaid cost-cutting measures passed by House to be scrutinized by GOP senators as they take up Trump agenda

Senate Republicans say they intend to change the House-passed bill, and some pointed to changes to Medicaid as a possible red line.

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Trump Adviser Admits Republican Tax Bill Makes Huge Cuts to Medicaid

David Sacks, the president’s AI and crypto czar, admits Republicans are preparing to gut Medicaid as Trump and Mike Johnson pretend they aren’t.

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Louisiana senators trim private education vouchers, expand Medicaid budget

Louisiana Senate Finance Committee removed public money meant to expand the use of private education vouchers in spite of the initiative being a priority for Gov. Jeff Landry.

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Johnson says 4.8 million people estimated to lose Medicaid won’t ‘unless they choose to’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Sunday that the 4.8 million people estimated to lose Medicaid coverage will not lose their healthcare “unless they choose to do so.” Republicans have been criticized for Medicaid cuts in the “big beautiful bill” that seeks to fund President Donald Trump‘s tax cuts.

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Republicans’ “Big Beautiful” Medicaid Cuts Spur Rural Organizing Innovation

Taking away healthcare coverage isn’t just “morally wrong and politically suicidal,” in Senator Josh Hawley’s apt phrase. It’s also putting pressure on rural members of Congress.