Republicans in Congress are planning to slash funding for Medicaid to help pay for major tax reductions for wealthy Americans and corporations. But they don’t want to cut Medicaid openly because it will gravely injure many people who voted for them.
One way to cut Medicaid expenditures without overtly reducing benefits is to increase required paperwork. Additional bureaucratic hassle will discourage people from applying for what they are eligible for. The “big beautiful bill” currently discussed in Congress incorporates this strategy.
The major provision aimed at saving money requires Medicaid recipients to work at least 80 hours a month.
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