Republicans pass budget bill amendment aimed at protecting Medicaid, Medicare

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Senate Republicans on Friday backed an amendment to their budget resolution aimed at protecting Medicare and Medicaid.
48% : But moderate Republicans and those from states where a lot of constituents rely on Medicaid have been nervous.
46% : " Republicans have been accused of trying to use the budget resolution to gut entitlement programs, headlined by Medicaid, in order to fund the tax cut push and to potentially make them permanent.
43% : The resolution instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to reduce the deficit by $880 billion, a target experts say can't be met without slashing Medicaid.
41% : The Sullivan amendment calls for actions related to Medicaid, specifically, that "may include strengthening and improving" the program "for the most vulnerable populations.

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