President Donald Trump and Republican leaders keep pretending they aren't cutting Medicaid with their new tax bill, which will further enrich the wealthy and pay for it in part by significantly slashing Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans. Trump, who has repeatedly promised to protect Medicaid, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have both claimed that Republicans are simply targeting "waste, fraud, and abuse" in their tax bill, which passed the House last week. David Sacks, who is serving as Trump's "AI and crypto czar," put the Medicaid situation more plainly Saturday on his All In podcast: "This bill cuts $880 billion from Medicaid over a decade."
