Retiring GOP senator savages Medicaid cuts in Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

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Source: Axios

10 hours ago


Fresh off announcing he'll retire next year, Sen. Thom Tillis gave a lengthy floor speech Sunday night attacking cuts to Medicaid in the "big, beautiful bill."

Why it matters: The North Carolina Republican is accusing the GOP of breaking President Trump's campaign promises to protect Medicaid.

Tillis voted Saturday against starting debate on the bill, and has declared he'll vote "no" on the final version.

Zoom in: "I'm telling the president, you have been misinformed," Tillis said on Sunday night.

"What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding's not there anymore," Tillis asked.

He compared Trump's promise on Medicaid to former President Obama's "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it" quote on the Affordable Care Act.

The Senate's version of the "big, beautiful bill" would result in 12 million more people without health insurance in 2034 than today, the Congressional Budget Office projects.

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