Democrats Slam GOP’s Rural Health Push As ‘Damage Control’ Amid Growing Backlash To Medicaid Cuts

By Jalen Brown / July 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM

House Energy & Commerce Republicans held a hearing Wednesday (July 16) to discuss a series of bills aimed at strengthening rural health care -- an effort that committee Democrats told Inside Health Policy is nothing more than damage control amid mounting backlash over the GOP’s near $1 trillion Medicaid cut in their recently passed reconciliation package.


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