Budget experts warn the plan could require dramatic changes and cuts to Medicaid, the federal health insurance program that covers more than 70 million Americans, or roughly one in five people across the country.
Rep. Jeff Van Drew said the President “understood” his concerns, which are also shared by a number of other Republicans.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ended a longstanding transparency rule on Friday, supercharging his authority to change policies in areas ranging from Medicaid to the National Institutes of Health without advance notice to the public.
With the recent budget approval by the House of Representatives, changes may be coming to Medicaid nationally. How many could be affected in Tennessee.
Florida doesn’t have as many residents on Medicaid as it could because it hasn’t implemented an Obamacare provision that would allow more low-income people to enroll in the program. Even so, Floridians could be affected by cuts to Medicaid, which is funded jointly by the state and federal government.
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