Senate GOP Restores Medicaid Cuts to Trump Tax Package

Senate Majority Leader John ThunePhotographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg

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By Rachel Cohrs Zhang and Erin Durkin (BGOV)

June 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM UTC

Updated on

June 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM UTC

Senate Republicans restored major Medicaid cuts to Donald Trump’s signature economic legislation, re-fashioning a key provision to overcome a procedural obstacle.

Spending cuts to the health insurance program for the poor and disabled partially offset revenue losses from tax cuts in the measure and are a crucial demand of GOP fiscal conservatives.