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In 10 years, the United States are on track to add $ 20 trillion to the national debt, which means that the total is determined Sum owed by American taxpayers With more than $ 56 trillion. Every year we spend in the red, interest on the debt continues to accumulate, until by 2051, when interest only will be the largest line item in the federal budget. Simply put, we are on a collision course with a total financial crisis, and the congress may only have a handful of opportunities to return. In order to prevent a total collapse of the US dollar and to give the American people the opportunities they deserve, legislators must reform Medicaid. To put a little less boundaries on crime.
While the urgency of the debt crisis of our nation Lost with many, cutting waste, fraud and abuse has been a priority of the government of President Donald Trump since the first day. The Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) and Elon Musk have already discovered billions of dollars in waste. From excessive polico pro -subscriptions to Democrat PET Projects abroad, taxpayers are fully robbed.
But even if Doge meets his quota for cuts and the freezing on wasteful federal subsidies are not towed in a lawsuit, these savings will not scratch the surface of what is needed to save America from the imminent debt crisis.
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For legislators who claim to be on board with reducing waste, fraud and abuse – and delivering the historic mandate of Trump – this is it. Nothing that you do in the next two years will come close to the importance of the implementation of the $ 880 billion required in savings on programs under the jurisdiction of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The congress must face the threat that is set by an ever -growing budget. (Fox News Digital)
We do not ask you to cut Medicaid, return only the clock and returns the explosive expansion in recent years to take it on a non -durable course.
In the past five years, federal medicaid expenditure has risen from $ 409 billion in 2019 to $ 618 billion in 2024, an increase of 51%. Although it was 60 years old, a third of the growth of Medicaid took place in the same five years. And in the following decade projects the Congressional Budget Office that costs Medicaid more than $ 1 trillion annually, causing the size of the current economy of Saudi Arabia.
When Obamacare introduced a completely new class valid adults in Medicaid, the program exploded and the federal government adopted most of the costs. Under President Joe Biden, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have withdrawn 13 exemptions for Medicaid -Work requirements, to expand the program again and cost taxpayers billions.
Medicaid was never so vast.
Medicaid was intended to help vulnerable population, such as the disabled, pregnant women, children and people in poverty. Nowadays, comprehensive, working, working adults are on their way to becoming the largest subgroup on Medicaid.
Nationally, there are an estimated 24.6 million valid, working, working adults on Medicaid, 60% of whom do not report earned income. In combination with the unilateral expansion of food vouchers from the Biden administration, the federal government effectively discourages a considerable part of the valid American population to look for completely work.
The “safety net” has become a complete poverty trap that keeps Americans in an endless cycle of dependence and distracts resources from those who really need help. In some states, higher rates for provider for expansion -writled people have created an explicit financial stimulus for care providers to discriminate against traditional registered persons. Single mothers, babies and the disabled are pushed aside in favor of valid adults without people.
Medicaid takes a huge part of the federal budget and if it is not cut, we will see the national debt grow to more than $ 50 trillion. (Istock)
Medicaid was intended as a temporary bridge, not a final destination. Do you want to help your voters? Give them the right stimulation structure to grow and thrive. Turn them on their way to financial stability.
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We have a duty to protect taxpayers and to ensure that Medicaid does not go bankrupt. Cut the waste. Cut the fraud. Reduce abuse.
Re-implementing the work requirements from the Clinton era, only would save around $ 120 billion over 10 years and reduce more employees in our economy. Site -Neutrality can save more than $ 471 billion. Normalizing the federal repayment rate for the expansion population under Medicaid would save almost $ 600 billion. You can even follow Biden’s advice and eliminate the tax on Medicaid provider that he called a scam and saves the taxpayer $ 612 billion for 10 years.
Medicaid was intended to help vulnerable population, such as the disabled, pregnant women, children and people in poverty. Nowadays, comprehensive, working, working adults are on their way to becoming the largest subgroup on Medicaid.
Even if legislators hesitate to make these changes, many of these measures can still be phased – taxpayers save hundreds of billions without reducing someone’s benefits. Not to mention the extra hundreds of billions that can be saved by combating incorrect payments that have reached a rate of more than 25% in recent audits.
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We have to bring the rhetoric back into reality. Medicaid reforms are not the end of law programs. They are a necessary step towards real solutions to tackle the debt crisis of our nation and to guarantee the financial future of the coming generations. By implementing targeted reforms, the legislators can carry out President Trump’s mandate for change.
A deal to save the country is on the table. Take it.
Republican Chip Roy represents the 21st Congress district of Texas in the House of Representatives of the United States. He is the former first assistant processor general of Texas.
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Rep. Andy Harris, a Republican, represents the 1st Congress district of Maryland.
