House Republicans discussed a new, controversial proposal to cut federal spending for Medicaid in a closed-door meeting late Monday night, as lawmakers even beyond the moderate bloc are warning GOP leaders they will not swallow another alternative. According to four Republicans who were present for the meeting of GOP members of Energy and Commerce — convened to finalize their panel's portion of the party's megabill — lawmakers discussed at length a new version of a plan to place so-called 'per capita caps' on Medicaid funding to certain beneficiaries in states that have expanded the program under the ACA.
