Claim: President Donald Trump stated that a GOP bill passed by the House does not change Medicaid and only addresses “waste, fraud and abuse.”
Reasoning: While the bill includes measures that could improve detection of ineligible Medicaid recipients, it also introduces significant policy changes that go beyond the scope of addressing fraud, waste, and abuse. These include reduced federal funding for states covering undocumented immigrants, mandatory work requirements for certain recipients, and bans on funding for nonprofits providing abortion services. Additionally, the bill seeks to reduce spending by imposing copays and shortening the retroactive coverage window, which are not measures aimed at eliminating fraud or abuse.
Experts and policy analysts highlight that these changes reflect ideological priorities rather than technical fixes for fraud and inefficiency. The Congressional Budget Office projects that these changes could result in over 8.6 million people losing coverage, underscoring the substantial impact of the bill beyond the targeted waste and fraud narrative.
Fact or Fiction? Fiction. The claim that the GOP bill only targets waste, fraud, and abuse and does not change Medicaid is false. The bill makes significant policy and funding changes that alter the structure and accessibility of Medicaid.
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