Kellyanne Conway says Senate health care bill will not make cuts to Medicaid
SUNDAY, JUN 25, 2017 11:26 AM EDT
WATCH: Kellyanne Conway says Senate health care bill will not make cuts to Medicaid
Featured on ABC's "This Week" the White House counselor argued that money can't fix everything
CHARLIE MAY
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway insisted on Sunday that the Senate health care bill would not make cuts to Medicaid, regardless of projections that suggest the program will be cut by over $800 billion.
“These are not cuts to Medicaid,” Conway told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.”
“This slows the rate for the future and it allows governors more flexibility, with Medicaid dollars, because they’re closest to the people in need,” she added.
Senate Republicans unveiled their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act last Thursday, and the bill stands to substantially roll back expansions to Medicaid under landmark Obama-era legislation, as well as “end the law’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance,” according to the New York Times.
President Donald Trump promised during his campaign that he would “save Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security without cuts.” Despite the Senate health care bill proposing otherwise, Conway argued that the president was not walking back on his promises.
“Medicaid’s imperative, its founding was meant to help the poor, the sick, the needy, the disabled, children, some elderly, women, particularly pregnant women,” Conway said. “We are trying to get Medicaid back to its original moorings.”
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