House Republicans released a budget blueprint that orders the primary healthcare committee to slash spending by $880 billion. The Budget Committee draft is the first step in an expedited process known as budget reconciliation that Republicans are using to extend tax cuts from Pres. Donald Trump’s first term, as well as to fund border security, energy and defense initiatives. The budget resolution does not spell out how the Energy and Commerce Committee must find $880 billion in spending cuts over the next decade. But Medicare and Medicaid are by far the largest programs under its jurisdiction, and Trump has repeatedly vowed not to touch Medicare as he seeks to renew tax cuts for corporations and wealthy households that are due to expire at the end of the year. Source: NBC News
