ACT Now As Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security at RISK- GOP in House Passes Devastating Bill, next to Senate. The vote was 217 to 215. Including our so-called representative, Nick Langworthy, whose vote included $200 million in cuts to Agriculture as well as medical care for kids, disabled and elderly.
The Budget Bill now goes to the Senate that did not extend the Trump tax cuts, so there is still a chance we can impact the outcome.
House Bill favored by Trump includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts (for corporations and wealthy individuals-49% goes to top 5%), raises the debt ceiling by $4 trillion and calls for at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. To appease conservatives, the House Budget Committee amended the resolution to make tax cuts dependent on spending cuts. And, forget about eliminating taxes on tips and social security- not in the bill.
Still, the reductions outlined in Wednesday’s budget won’t cover the full size of the president’s tax plan, which is expected to cost $5 trillion to $11.2 trillion over the next 10 years.
So, where could those spending cuts cut from- Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Agriculture as so far Trump is seeking only $50 billion from defense. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5303947/hegseth-trump-defense-spending-cuts
US Federal Budget for 2024
Major expenditures
- Social Security: The largest category of federal spending, accounting for 21% of federal spending
- Medicare: 15% of federal spending
- National defense: 14% of federal spending
- Net interest: 13% of federal spending
- Health: 13% of federal spending
- Income security: 9% of federal spending
- Veterans benefits and services: 6% of federal spending
- Education, training, employment, and social services: 3% of federal spending
So how could Trump/Elon do it: double your deduction for Medicare (say $100 to $200 comes off your social security payment- now it could double), and therefore your take home pay from Security would be reduced. So, theoretically it could be said people still have Medicare and Social Security (gross, not net)….but your take home would be $200 to $400 less. There are 65 million people getting Medicare. And, you can be sure that with Medicaid cuts, emergency rooms will now be overflow and raise costs for everyone.
As for Medicaid (Health), there are 79.4 million people getting Medicaid—36 million children, 10 million with disabilities and 33 million adults of which 7 million are over 65.
So, if you add Medicare 65 million and 79.4 million on Medicaid, 114 million people of the 340 million living in the US or 33.5% get health care from these programs.
Additionally, Trump wants to cut $230 billion in Agriculture including SNAP (food for low income families which feeds 9 million families and it is $30 billion and the other $200 billion comes from agriculture itself.). https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/millions-of-low-income-households-would-lose-food-aid-under-prop
The Budget Bill now goes to the Senate that did not extend the Trump tax cuts, so there is still a chance we can impact the outcome. Go on the their facebook page and say you do not agree with cuts in Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and Agriculture to fund tax cuts for corporations and wealthy especially since there is a large part of their population that is low income and gets Medicaid. Just do a few if you can.
Here are some Senators we might be able to influence- note that 90% of the states have 20% or more of population low income and 20% of more on Medicaid-so we give corporations and wealthy tax cuts while denying medical care for children (46% of Medicaid), disability (13%), elderly over 65 (9%) and 32% who are low income individuals? Really?
Click on Name for Facebook.
Susan Collins- Maine- 26% of population low income, 20% of population enrolled in Medicaid
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska- 25% of population low income and 23% enrolled in Medicaid
Mitch McConnell– Kentucky- 35% of population low income, 28% enrolled in Medicaid
Rand Paul– Kentucky-35% of population low income, 28% enrolled in Medicaid
Shelley Moore Capito– West Virginia- 37% of population low income 28% enrolled in Medicaid
Jim Justice– West Virginia- 37% of population low income 28% enrolled in Medicaid
Bill Cassidy- Louisiana – 38% low income population, 32% enrolled in Medicaid
John Neely Kennedy– Louisiana– 38% low income population, 32% enrolled in Medicaid
Dave Mc Cormick– Pennsylvania-26% low income population, 21% of population enrolled in Medicaid
Kate Britt– Alabama- 35% of population is low income and 21 enrolled in Medicaid
Tommy Tuberville– Alabama-35% of population is low income and 21 enrolled in Medicaid
Roger Wicker- Mississippi- 40% of population is low income and 24% enrolled in Medicaid
Cindy Hyde– Mississippi-40% of population is low income and 24% enrolled in Medicaid
Tom Cotton– Arkansas- 38% of the population is low income and 27% are enrolled in Medicaid
John Boozman– Arkansas-38% of the population is low income and 27% are enrolled in Medicaid
Martin Heinrick – New Mexico- 37% of population low income, 33% enrolled in Medicaid
Source: Medicaid and Low Income by State-https://www.kff.org/interactive/medicaid-state-fact-sheets/
