Senate Republicans are all over the board on whether they want Medicaid cuts or if they’ll even happen — but proposals made by members of their own party may force them to figure out their position soon.
“We haven’t cut rates yet. What are you talking about?” Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana said on Wednesday when asked how cuts could affect his constituents. “You’re asking me a hypothetical.”
Cuts to entitlement programs like Medicaid are explicitly on the table — put there by their colleagues in Congress’ other chamber. House Republicans’ budget plan lays out a $2 trillion cut to entitlement programs that has Medicaid funding as its clearest target.