President Trump has long promised not to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. But in his budget released on Tuesday, he proposes making massive cuts to Medicaid. Mr. Trump is proposing to cut $610 billion from Medicaid benefits. This could come on top of more than $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid sought in the health care overhaul bill passed by the House on May 4. Thus the total decrease in Medicaid spending could range from about a quarter to 45 percent in 10 years.

Source: New York Times May 24, 2017 16:36 UTC