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Doesn't halt the administration's latest assault on Medicaid (that likely falls to the courts), but the House officially registered its opposition today.
House votes to condemn Trump Medicaid block grant policy
House votes to condemn Trump Medicaid block grant policy
The House on Tuesday passed a resolution officially condemning the Trump administration’s new Medicaid block grant plan.
The non-binding resolution won’t have much practical effect. It passed on a mostly party line vote of 224-189 and will almost certainly see no time in the GOP-controlled Senate.
Democrats argue the administration doesn’t have the authority to approve such drastic changes, and Medicaid advocates say the changes would hurt low-income people and invite states to cut costs and reduce coverage.
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), one of the sponsors of the resolution, said the resolution is meant to “shine a light” on the administration’s attempts to gut the Affordable Care Act.
“They’ve been talking about these block grants in Texas for a while … everybody knows these are harmful,” Veasey said.
The vote represents the latest effort from Democrats attempting to put Republicans in a bind on health care.