(Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)Republicans took a swing at Medicaid spending in their Obamacare rollback bills this year — and missed badly. The idea is to clear the way for tax cuts by trimming from the two entitlement programs, which together consume a quarter of the federal budget. But Senate Republicans are opening the door to even deeper Medicaid cuts than in the health-care bills conceived over the spring and summer. Medicaid and Medicare spending would still grow in absolute terms over the next decade, just more slowly, the office of Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) Amy Ellis NuttINDUSTRY RXDAYBOOKTodayThe Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee holds a hearing on the federal response to the opioid crisis.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2017 12:58 UTC