House Republicans are putting Medicaid under a microscope while looking for places to cut federal healthcare costs in order to fund President Donald Trump’s major overhaul of taxes and spending.
The House budget resolution passed last week calls for $880 billion in deficit reduction over 10 years from the part of the budget overseen by the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid.
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