CMS aims to push back on analysis of steep Medicaid cuts under Senate bill

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The Trump administration said the Senate’s healthcare bill provides enough money to help low-income adults to counter a new analysis showing federal funding for certain states could drop by nearly 40 percent.

However, major concerns remain from key governors on the deep cuts of $770 billion to Medicaid. Those concerns could imperil the health bill’s chances of success in the Senate, consideration of which was delayed for a week due to Sen. John McCain’s, R-Az., unexpected surgery.

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