Newly Released Text Of GOP’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Rips Healthcare Away From Roughly 14 MILLION AMERICANS, MAKING IT THE LARGEST CUT TO MEDICAID IN AMERICAN HISTORY; After Months Of Republicans Promising To Protect Medicaid, New Plan Would Kick Millions Off Insurance, Force Hospitals & Nursing Homes To Shutter, Decimate State Budgets, And Leave American Families Scrambling, All To Give Tax Breaks To Billionaires
Washington, D.C. – Last night, Republicans released their plan to rip healthcare away from millions of Americans, making it the largest Medicaid cut in history. Their plan would force hospitals and nursing homes to the brink of closure, decimate state budgets and leave American families scrambling. Republicans have spent months promising to protect Medicaid, but their proposal shows where they actually stand.
Who said what?
Which Senate Republicans Have Said They Won’t Cut Medicaid:
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME): “The last thing I want to do is cut Medicaid for vulnerable people who are disabled or seniors who cannot work.” [The Hill, 4/3/25]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): “Sen. Lisa Murkoswki seems to be one of them, saying in a speech to Alaska state legislators Tuesday that she would not support a cut to Medicaid ‘that hurts our people or puts you in a budget hole.’” [Politico, 3/19/25]
Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV): “Ensuring that Medicare and Medicaid remain strong and accessible for millions of Americans, including many in my state of West Virginia, remains a priority.” [Press Release, 4/3/25]
Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV): “None of us want to cut benefits.” [Semafor, 3/21/25]
Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY): “No one wants to cut anybody who Medicaid was designed to help.” [Semafor, 4/14/25]
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA): “Medicaid would not be cut, he says, for those who need it, ‘the very vulnerable in our society.’” [Radio Iowa, 5/6/25]
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO): “President Trump said, ‘We’re not cutting benefits.’” [Semafor, 4/29/25]
Sen. John Husted (R-OH): “The president has said that he doesn’t want to touch Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security.” [NOTUS, 2/21/25]
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): “I’m not worried about people losing their healthcare.” [Associated Press, 0:47 - 0:51, 2/26/25]
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): “I know CBO just came out and said you can’t meet the House budget number without impacting or looking at Medicare and Medicaid. It’s completely false. You can exempt all of those and still look at about a $700 billion amount that’s over the inflationary increase over 2019 spending.” [Remarks at Rescuing the American Dream Summit, 16:19 - 16:37, 3/6/25]
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH): “Republicans are not going to cut Medicaid benefits at all.” [WEWS Interview, 2:15 - 2:18, 2/25/25]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): “I’m not going to vote for Medicaid cuts, benefits cuts.” [Daily Caller, 0:19 - 0:22, 2/26/25]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): “We don’t want to destroy our health care system in one night, and that’s what it would do.” [Alabama Daily News, 3/26/25]
Which House Republicans Have Said They Won’t Cut Medicaid:
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA): “We are going to preserve the programs. We’re not gutting Medicaid.” [House Republican Leadership Press Conference, 4/29/25]
House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX): “Arrington and other House leaders insist that they can rid Medicaid of fraud and waste to pay for their tax cut extension without slashing Americans’ health care coverage.” [E&E News, 2/26/25]
House Energy And Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY): “Massive cuts in the program just aren’t going to happen.” [Politico, 2/25/25]
House Energy And Commerce Health Subcommittee Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA): “What we’re trying to do is to see where we can cut waste, fraud and abuse of Medicaid, where we can stabilize that program and make it sustainable for the most vulnerable in our population, those who it was intended for in the first place.” [Politico, 5/6/25]
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE): “Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told us he’d vote against a final bill if it includes massive spending cuts that harm Medicaid. ‘I reflect about 20 people. I think there’s a bunch of us that don’t want to see cuts to the quality of health care and reimbursements to hospitals. We think $880 [billion] would force that.’” [Punchbowl News, 4/9/25]
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO): “President Trump has said he does not want to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid and I stand with him on that commitment.” [Denver Post, 2/20/25]
Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA): “We’re not going to gut Medicaid or Social Security under any circumstances.” [NOTUS, 2/26/25]
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL): “I’m not for cuts in Medicaid.” … “Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security – I’m all for that.” [Politico, 4/2/25]
Rep. Kevin Calvert (R-CA): “Will not touch Social Security and Medicare benefits. We are not interested in cutting the social and health care safety net for children, disabled, and low-income Americans.” [Politico, 2/24/25]
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL): “We know the Democrats are already running ads about Medicaid and about how what we’re trying to do is damaging to people and it’s just simply not true.” [ABC News, 2/26/25]
Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO): “I don’t support cuts that harm Colorado providers or patients.” [Denver7, 4/15/25]
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD): “You just heard right here that those mean Republicans are cutting Medicaid. Let’s set the record straight. As this graph shows, the Republican instructions don’t cut Medicaid, they increase Medicaid by 25% over the next 10 years.” … “If you repeat a lie long enough it becomes the truth. Republicans are protecting Medicaid for the truly needy.” [Floor Remarks, 55:47 - 57:04, 4/30/25]
Rep. Young Kim (R-CA): “I had a productive meeting with many of these local healthcare advocates last week and will continue to make clear to House leadership and my constituents that any budget resolution that cuts vital Medicaid services for the most vulnerable citizens in our community will not receive my vote.” [KABC, 4/22/25]
Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY): “I would be totally against deeper Medicaid cuts.” [CNN Interview, 0:59 - 1:02, 2/25/25]
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY): “I’ve been clear on the issue of Medicaid that we will protect those who rely on these benefits.” [Politico, 4/28/25]
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY): “We made very clear, we won’t vote for something that takes away benefits from seniors, disabled and vulnerable people that we represent who rely on Medicaid.” … “We will not do anything that’ll [erode] benefits.” [The Hill, 4/15/25]
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX): “Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas), who represents the fossil fuel-rich Permian Basin, said Republicans will ‘absolutely, 100 percent’ look for more energy-related cuts to prevent Medicaid reductions.” [E&E News, 2/26/25]
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ): “I have been in constant communication with House leadership and the Speaker, making it clear that any bill that threatens these critical programs will not get my support.” [The Hill, 4/15/25]
Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI): “Millions of Americans depend on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, and I will have no part in cutting these programs for the folks that are legally entitled to them.” [Press Release, 2/25/25]
Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ): “Cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” [Joint Letter, 4/14/25]
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY): “Cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” [Joint Letter, 4/14/25]
Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO): “Cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” [Joint Letter, 4/14/25]
Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA): “Cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” [Joint Letter, 4/14/25]
Rep. David Valadao (R-CA): “Cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” [Joint Letter, 4/14/25]
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA): “Cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations.” [Joint Letter, 4/14/25]
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