“Republicans used to cheer the possibility of Medicaid cuts. Now, as the GOP advances President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that would reduce Medicaid spending, they’re rebranding it as making the program stronger,” Politico reports.
“The shift reflects the striking new politics of Medicaid — and how dramatically the GOP’s coalition has changed under Trump.
Now Democrats are hoping Medicaid could be the issue that exposes the cracks in the Trump coalition.”