Steve Bannon, US Hospitals Join GOP Rebellion Over Medicaid Cuts

A demonstrator holds a sign protesting proposed Medicaid cuts near the US Capitol in 2017.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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A quiet rebellion among Republicans representing working-class and low-income areas against President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda has picked up some powerful new allies: US hospitals and conservative agitator Steve Bannon.

The party’s leaders have worked to placate budget hawks and Republicans in high-tax and high-income areas who have dominated the GOP debate over the extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and the corresponding cost-cutting crusade led by billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s most prominent adviser.