Both sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said they expected the policy to come from the agency that oversees #Medicare and #Medicaid health programs.

The first source said he had been told directly by govt #health officials that they were exploring such a policy, which he described as a mid-level priority for the #Trump Administration as it tries to lower #drug prices.

@SeanCasten and it’s a huge problem for people who are disabled but who haven’t been deemed disabled by Social Security yet. I ran into this issue when I moved back to New Hampshire from California well I was waiting for my disability appeal hearing. At the time New Hampshire was still trying to avoid expanding Medicaid at all, so even though I literally had zero income the state said I wasn’t disabled because I might be able to work if I had spine surgery, but I couldn’t have Medicaid and be evaluated for spine surgery because I’m not disabled because I might be able to work if I had spine surgery.

I had to fight them for 10 months and the only reason I won was because I found a spine surgeon who would see me and bill me later and he determined that I wasn’t actually a candidate for spine surgery. He was able to write me a letter in time for the fair hearing so I won. I also won food stamps. They were really mad about it they had to give me like $3000 worth because they withheld them for 10 months when I should have been receiving them.

People will die. The only reason I didn’t die is because my mom helped me, because I had a PCP who would see me and bill me later, and the few times I needed pharmaceuticals I somehow figured out how to get money for them.

"It's good that Rs pushing back on #Medicaid cuts -bc it means that all the pressure they're getting -decided to stop holding is working. KEEP THE PRESSURE UP. BUT... they all voted for the budget bill that incl those $880B of cuts & they all KNEW that this IMPLIED MASSIVE CUTS TO MDCD -hoped ppl wouldn't do that math.

IOW -shouldn't be seen as principled defenders of MDCD. These aren't ppl with a history of standing on pp -a lot of words that sound thoughtful -but areDEEPLY #EVIL..."

…Sens Murkowski & Collins joined Democrats last week to back a bipartisan amendment led by Sen Hawley that would have eliminated the #Medicaid cuts from the budget. Their effort failed after GOP leaders labored to ensure its defeat. A broader amendment *vowing* to *protect* Medicaid & #Medicare passed [meaningless platitudes].

…it will be nearly impossible for #Republicans to get to $1.5T in cuts w/o touching #Medicaid. Though #MikeJohnson suggested they would consider imposing work requirements & rooting out *waste, fraud & abuse*, those changes will not be enough to reach their target.

The conundrum #Senate #GOP leaders have been facing broke into the open last week when they pushed through a compromise #budget plan that included elements of one the #House passed in Feb that asks…Medicaid to find $880B in cuts.

The problem for #Republicans is that it is increasingly clear that some #GOP senators simply do not have the appetite for the kinds of deep cuts that their counterparts in the House are agitating for. In recent days they have expressed concerns about repealing the entirety of President Joe #Biden’s #InflationReductionAct & restricting access to #FoodStamps.

But no issue has drawn quite so much resistance as the prospect of cuts to #Medicaid.