Trump pollster warns of election disaster if healthcare cut

Published May 23, 2025 11:51am ET



Vulnerable Republicans will be routed in elections if they end up cutting healthcare to pay for tax cuts, according to a new warning memo from President Donald Trump’s pollster.

But, said the firm Fabrizio Ward, there is a path that can instead give those same Republicans a huge and much-needed boost — getting Medicaid and Medicare to win cuts in drug prices, providing the funds to cover the president’s tax cuts.

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