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FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. Misleads on Medicaid Cuts
Analysts say Trump’s 2025 law will trim Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion despite Kennedy’s claim that spending will still grow 47% over 10 years.
- Health Secretary Robert Kennedy testified on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, arguing Medicaid spending will rise 47% over the next 10 years and insisting, "There are no cuts to Medicaid."
- President Donald Trump's law enacted last year reformed Medicaid with new work requirements and eligibility changes expected to reduce the program's spending by nearly $1 trillion over a decade.
- Experts like Edwin Park at Georgetown University characterize Kennedy's explanation as inaccurate political spin, noting federal spending is nearly $1 trillion less than it would have been without the legislation.
- Throughout budget hearings, Democrats raised concerns that cuts could affect rural hospitals and leave vulnerable Americans without health insurance, though Kennedy repeatedly interrupted lawmakers to deny funding reductions.
- HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon defends the measures as targeting waste and fraud, while experts like Sara Rosenbaum warn such changes could significantly increase the number of uninsured Americans.
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Leaning Left8Leaning Right0Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
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- 57% of the sources lean Left
57% Left
L 57%
C 43%
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