The White House on Monday defended plans by House Republicans to reform Medicaid, saying the reconciliation budget proposal, dubbed President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” will “strengthen and preserve” the healthcare program for low-income individuals for “decades to come.”
“The one big, beautiful bill also provides critical protections of Medicaid, which will strengthen and preserve the program for decades to come through common-sense efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a briefing that aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 free online streaming platform.
“Medicaid will no longer be used to pay for barbaric gender mutilation procedures on minor children, and the 1.4 million illegal aliens who are currently improperly receiving Medicaid benefits will be kicked off the program to preserve it for hardworking American citizens who need it,” Leavitt said. “President Trump and Republicans are protecting Medicaid benefits for pregnant women, children, disabled individuals, low-income seniors and families, and the most vulnerable Americans in our society. And that’s what Democrats are so angry about: basic Medicaid protections that will stop the funding of transgender insanity and illegal aliens from ripping off American taxpayers.”
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