No One is ‘Gutting’ the Safety Net - By The Editorial Board - Wall Street Journal

The GOP will have to rebut the Democratic and media distortions about their reforms or lose the 2026 election.

Allow us to temper the histrionics about “gutting the social safety net” with a few facts about Medicaid, food stamps and Republican priorities.
By now you’ve seen the headline in every outlet: The Republican law will soon toss millions from Medicaid and cut the program to the bone. 

• But annual spending on the health entitlement will grow over the next decade even with the bill’s roughly $1 trillion in estimated savings. Medicaid spending has risen by roughly 60% since 2019, and the bill’s intent is to try to bend Medicaid’s trajectory closer to the bad old days of 2020.

Democrats and some Republicans have offered cynical distortions that pregnant women in poverty and disabled children will suffer. 

• But Republicans are trying to address the program’s enormous ObamaCare expansion to prime-age adults above the poverty line, and note the details of those who will allegedly lose coverage. 

CBO, in an letter last month about the House bill, said 4.8 million won’t comply with the bill’s part-time work requirement. 

That should be a warning about the country’s social condition. 

The work requirement doesn’t apply to anyone who is 

• disabled, 
• pregnant or 
• caring for a child younger than age 14. 
• Volunteering 20 hours a week or enrolled in school? 

You can get Medicaid...

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