Report: Rep. Bacon Sets $500M Red Line on Medicaid Cuts

Moderate Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska has informed the White House that he will not support more than $500 billion in Medicaid cuts to advance President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, Politico reported Tuesday.

The report of Bacon’s red line comes one day after a separate report that House leadership urged GOP lawmakers not to draw red lines in the battle over Medicaid cuts.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has been tasked with finding $880 billion in healthcare cuts between 2025 and 2034, though Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., has said not all of that would come from Medicaid.

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