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MeidasTouch News on MSNRepublicans Pass Bill Gutting Medicare and Medicaid in Middle of Night VoteHouse Republicans passed a federal budget bill by a vote of 215 – 214 in the middle of the night Thursday that includes massive cuts for Medicare and Medicaid in order to extend tax breaks to billionaires.
House Republicans passed legislation that would take an estimated $800 billion from Medicaid, and that's not all.
The House narrowly passed a sweeping Republican-backed bill Thursday that could significantly alter Medicaid, with cuts of $625 billion to the program
The bill, which must still win Senate approval and a presidential signature, would have a broad impact on state residents' daily lives.
Hospitals, physicians, health insurers, long-term care providers and others warn of serious consequences for the healthcare system.
The Social Security and Medicare Fair Share Act proposes targeting payroll tax loopholes for high-income earners.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the "one big beautiful bill" touted by President Donald Trump in the early hours of Thursday morning, a sweeping tax and immigration package that includes significant reductions to Medicaid and Medicare funding.