House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee this week unveiled a plan to cut more than $880 billion to pay for a significant portion of President Trump’s domestic agenda. After

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is far from perfect, but it does make some much-needed changes to Medicaid spending growth.

The Congressional Budget Office reviewed the leading proposals from Republicans who are trying to cut the costs of a program that serves roughly 72 million poor and disabled Americans.

Republicans can save $880 billion over 10 years in Medicaid by block-granting the federal portion, providing maximum state flexibility and expanding Medicare Part D to Medicaid.

Johnson said some controversial proposals to slash Medicaid were off the table for the massive Trump agenda bill, while conservatives pressed him on steep spending cuts.

In a closed-door meeting late Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leaders sought to assuage moderates’ fears about changes to the health safety-net program to help finance their party-line megabill.

Republicans, on the hunt for spending cuts, are eyeing a special kind of Medicaid tax that nearly every state uses to boost funding for hospitals, nursing homes, and other providers.

The Republican-led House has unveiled a sweeping 160-page legislative proposal aimed at overhauling Medicaid. This initiative seeks to tighten eligibility, introduce work requirements, and alter federal funding structures,