Trump Promised He Wouldn't Touch Medicaid. The Senate Bill Includes Billions in Cuts

Jun 23, 2017, 12:59 PM

The Senate health care bill would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, a program that Donald Trump once promised not to touch.

The Better Care Reconciliation Act unveiled on Tuesday would phase out extra money provided to states to expand Medicaid and restructure the program in ways that would reduce spending on it over the long term.