Stakeholders Cling Onto Trump’s Medicaid ‘Love’ Statement In Bid To Quash GOP Cuts

A coalition of insurers, providers and other groups who care for and represent beneficiaries hope congressional leadership will follow President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to “love and cherish” Medicaid and reject the dramatic, cost-cutting reforms Republicans are exploring to pay for policies in the next legislative package. But experts suggest the president's comments will have little effect on negotiations. “I expect congressional Republicans to do what they can to cut federal Medicaid spending regardless of Trump's love,” Bloomberg Senior Research...