According to KFF, the "CBO estimates that changes in Medicaid from the House reconciliation bill are expected to trigger two types of health insurance loss. First, an estimated 10.3 million people are expected to lose Medicaid."
Fox host Ainsley Earhardt: Democrats “are pushing this narrative that's not true that Republicans are cutting Medicare and Medicaid”
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects over 10 million people would lose Medicaid coverage in the House-passed bill
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From the June 24, 2025, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Mr. Speaker what are the differences in the House and the Senate when it comes to Medicaid and the SALT deductions and other areas? And what do you say to the Democrats that are pushing this narrative that's not true that Republicans are cutting Medicare and Medicaid?
MIKE JOHNSON (SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE): Yeah, it's of course nonsense. We had their ads taken down when they began to claim that early on in the process. We are not cutting Medicaid. We are strengthening the program for the people that desperately need it and deserve it. The populations that Medicaid is intended to help, and that's the elderly and the disabled and, you know, young pregnant women, for example. So what we're doing is reinstituting work requirements which is about an 85% issue in public opinion polling because if a young able-bodied man is able to work, he should. So we put into our product in the house version a 20-hour a week requirement. OK? Either work, be looking for a job or in a job training program or volunteer in your community. Hey, it's good for you and everybody around you. That is common sense. This bill comports with that. The tax provisions are written for lower and middle class earners, hard-working families. This is going to be great for the economy and great for every American. We're going to get it done.