Because even a $71 billion increase is considerably smaller than what taxpayers would see under current law. If nothing changes, the CBO predicts Medicaid spending in 2026 would be a whopping $624 billion. All told, Medicaid spending under the Senate bill would be roughly $772 billion less over the next decade. “When I was at the White House in 2001, Federal Medicaid spending was $129 billion,” Fleischer told Fox News in an email. The issue today is how much should Medicaid spending increase—by a lot or by a huge amount?

Source: Fox News June 27, 2017 15:11 UTC