Overview

• The House Budget Committee rejected President Trump's Medicaid reform bill, with five Republicans joining Democrats to block the legislation.
• The proposed bill sought to impose stricter work requirements and reduce funding for Medicaid, sparking concerns over coverage losses for low-income and disabled Americans.
• Rep. Nicole Malliotakis defended the bill as a compromise but could not provide data on how many of her constituents might lose coverage during a tense CNN interview.
• Critics, including CNN host Boris Sanchez, questioned the plan's transparency and its effects on vulnerable populations, with Sanchez citing that 40% of Malliotakis' district relies on Medicaid.
• The defeat of the bill underscores growing divisions within the GOP over the extent of Medicaid cuts and the political risks of reducing healthcare access.