{"id":66520,"date":"2025-06-17T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66520"},"modified":"2025-06-17T12:56:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:56:56","slug":"trumps-favorite-fox-news-flunky-affirms-that-the-big-beautiful-bill-has-steep-medicaid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66520","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Favorite Fox News Flunky Affirms that the &#8216;Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; Has Steep Medicaid Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed &#8211; by a single vote &#8211; what Trump preposterously named the <em>&#8220;Big Beautiful Bill:&#8221;<\/em> a budget hodge-podge of ultra-rightist economic reforms that advance the conservative agenda of enriching the already wealthy, at the expense of working class Americans, while exploding the national debt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Trump's Favorite Fox News Flunky Affirms that the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Has Steep Medicaid Cuts%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66520\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post this article on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/intent\/compose?text=Trump's Favorite Fox News Flunky Affirms that the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Has Steep Medicaid Cuts%20https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66520\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to post on Bluesky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-bartiromo-shill.jpg\" alt=\"Fox News, Maria Bartiromo, Donald Trump\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47755\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever since then Republicans have been desperately trying to convince, aka deceive, the American people that this upper-crusty sham would benefit them, despite the repudiation by virtually every independent analysis. That includes the Congressional Budget Office &#8211; which is headed by a republican &#8211; and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbpp.org\/research\/health\/by-the-numbers-house-bill-takes-health-coverage-away-from-millions-of-people-and\" target=\"_blank\">the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a><\/strong>, who confirmed that it would throw millions of people off of their Medicaid plans. Which didn&#8217;t stop Trump from lying about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66311\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Celebrates the House Passing His \u2018Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 in the Most Trumpian Way \u2013 By Lying<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the full-court press by Trump and Company to plant the lie that the bill wouldn&#8217;t impact Medicaid or its users, Trump&#8217;s Ministry of Propaganda has stumbled off the path of MAGA righteousness by actually admitting that it does impact them, in a big way. And this diversion was done by none other than the Fox News Senior Trump-fluffer, Maria Bartiromo, who while interviewing a GOP congressman said that&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Let me move on to the &#8216;Big Beautiful Bill&#8217; and the the Senate Finance Committee unveiling the text of President Trump&#8217;s bill yesterday. It includes major tax reforms and even steeper Medicaid cuts than the House called for.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lrsxtaqk5s2q\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreieiwajopn3kityfokxchoqhhfc3xmaeqnjn24r34vqfqgtuwygzeu\">\n<p lang=\"en\">UH-OH! Senior Fox News Trump-Fluffer, Maria Bartiromo, says that the Senate version of the so-called &#34;Big Beautiful Bill&#34; contains &#34;even steeper Medicaid cuts.&#34;But Trump and the GOP have been denying that there are ANY Medicaid cuts. Will he send her to El Salvador now?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg?ref_src=embed\">News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/post\/3lrsxtaqk5s2q?ref_src=embed\">2025-06-17T17:00:17.915Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>UH-OH! Bartiromo is undoing weeks of determined bullshittery by the GOP to beguile the gullible into believing that the bill would be their economic salvation. They have been denying that there are any Medicaid cuts at all in the bill, much less <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2025\/6\/17\/2328403\/-Senate-Republicans-plan-to-outdo-House-with-even-more-Medicaid-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">cuts that exceed those<\/a><\/strong> that they said didn&#8217;t exist in the first place. This could could portend dark days for Bartiromo. Perhaps even a seat on the Deportation Express to El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this could not have come at a worse time for the Trump regime. The latest polls show that the <em>&#8220;Big Beautiful Bullsh*t&#8221;<\/em> is broadly opposed by the vast majority of the American people. As CNN reports, polls by the Kaiser Family foundation and Quinnipiac University reveal that the bill is underwater by 29 and 26 points respectively&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The amount of disapproval for this bill &#8212; holy cow, my goodness gracious! We&#8217;re talking about 29 points underwater on the net favorable rating&#8230;We&#8217;re talking about a negative 41 net favorability rating among independents in the center of the electorate. You rarely ever see proposed pieces of legislation as unpopular as this.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lrsxhx2d5s2q\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifg72bmh6wdqdjzoa2j4bfgplwrjl3vjny3xdqusvvkbeqmjqu6di\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Can Trump and the GOP still call this the &#34;Big Beautiful Bill&#34; when the vast majority of the American people hate it? They know that it hurts them, helps only the wealthy, and adds trillions more debt.And this is after weeks of the Trump regime spewing propaganda to prop it up.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg?ref_src=embed\">News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:fviqe3xscfdntuwbuzppqetg\/post\/3lrsxhx2d5s2q?ref_src=embed\">2025-06-17T16:53:58.651Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Senate is still putting together their version of the bill. It is already set to make significant changes from the House version. Which means that if something passes in the Senate, which remains in doubt, it will still have to be passed again in the House, where it only squeaked through the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Given that this bill is now better known, and more disliked, by a broader cross-section of the population, it&#8217;s passage may an uphill climb for Republicans. Particularly after <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66511\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s humiliating birthday parade<\/a><\/strong> which will only sink his already abysmal approval ratings even farther down the rabid hole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66412\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Favorite Fox News Flunkies FREAK OUT Over the \u2018Big Bogus Bill\u2019 Breaking Up Trump and Musk<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66384\" target=\"_blank\">WHO\u2019S DERANGED? 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