NEW: House Republican Previews Plan to Decimate Medicaid

Today, GOP Congressman Austin Scott previewed the Republican scheme to slash Medicaid to fund trillions in tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations: cutting Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act.

Their latest plan would kick an estimated 20 million Americans off of their health insurance, devastating children, families, people with disabilities, older Americans, nursing homes, and rural hospitals.

When lawmakers return from the district work period, the Energy & Commerce Committee will begin the process to mark up their $880 billion in cuts – which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office confirms cannot be done without axing Medicaid.

DCCC Spokesperson Justin Chermol: 
“No matter how much spin or phony politics Republicans want to play, the math doesn’t lie. House Republicans are pushing for the largest cut to Medicaid in history to fund trillions in tax breaks for their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations.”

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