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Republicans put healthcare cuts front and center to advance agenda

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The House Budget Committee considered a plan that would instruct the Energy and Commerce Committee which has jurisdiction over Medicaid to find $880 billion in savings over the next 10 years .

Republicans see Medicaid as a program rife with fraud and abuse and have long sought to rein in its spending.

The joint federal-state program provides health coverage for more than 70 million people.

The Congressional Budget Office has found work requirements would save the federal government just $109 billion over a 10-year period.

CBO found it would also lead to 1.5 million people losing Medicaid .

A federal judge struck the requirement down in 2019 , but not before more than 18,000 people lost coverage.

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