Senate GOP eyes Medicare cuts with Trump's blessing

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Axios

5 hours ago


President Trump gave Republican senators a green light to explore ways to save money on Medicare during a meeting at the White House, senators said Thursday.

Why it matters: Changes to save money on Medicaid have already proven contentious with some Republicans. Medicare could open a new can of worms.

"The president is willing to eliminate any waste, fraud and abuse anywhere," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) told Axios about the White House meeting Wednesday night that he attended, "which opens up Medicare, as well," he added.

"What the president made clear is he does not want to see any cuts to beneficiaries, but to go after... the waste, fraud and abuse," said Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), clarifying that Trump opened up Medicare as an option at the meeting.

Politico first reported on the Medicare discussions.

What to watch: One possibility being floated is a bill from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), which would get savings from the Medicare Advantage program.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/06/05/senate-republicans-medicare-trump-budget

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Medicare cuts. Medicaid cuts were a given.

[usonian]

1. Buy futures of tar and feathers.

DISCLAIMER: This is not stock or commodity market advice. You may lose money,

BUT HAVE SOME FUN.

Tar is great for sealing tree cuts.
Feathers? I dunno, Use. your imagination.

[dweller]

2. Project 2025

Would make med advantage the default option over Medicare


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[SARose]

3. Waste, fraud and abuse

I’m sick of hearing this from Republicans - yeah the very same ones who fill budget bills with their porky pet projects for years!

Oh you mean like a $45 million PARADE?

Or do you mean God only knows how many millions spent (and continuing) on phony Congressional Biden investigations?

Or a billion dollars for a King Midas plane?

How about taking money from YOUR Congressional perks for a change.

F you and the horse you rode in on!

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Great minds think alike.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Don't you love "TSF is willing to eliminate any waste, fraud and abuse anywhere", while he wastes $45 + million on

birthday parade, a couple of million on investigating Biden's pardons, and billions on the 'golden dome'?

[SARose]

7. Not to mention golf trips

To his OWN golf courses. He should have to reimburse the American people for every one he has taken.

[slightlv]

15. Not to mention all the millions it will cost to repair the

streets on which this unholy "parade" rolls! And yes... stop paying for trump's golf outings, as well as his stays at his own hotels. Have him pay for his own golf game, and pay for not only his hotel stays, but also pays for any secret service or other government employee staying there for trump's "security." It's ridiculous that this was not done from the very beginning. You wanna be a mult-millionaire president and rip off the government by killing programs and services that we, the people, need and approve of? Then you can pay for your own leisure trips. Come to think of it, he should be given the same per diem for food, etc., that anyone else in the government gets. And not a penny more!

[Lovie777]

6. GQP are weak.....

[mike_c]

8. we live in a retiremment community that's heavily republican

I can only imagine that cutting Medicaid or Medicare will impact most of the folks who live here, either immediately or when they find themselves in need of long term care. I guess that's what they voted for.

[CousinIT]

9. If they REALLY wanted to eliminate Medicare waste, fraud and abuse, they'd abolish Medicare Advantage.

It’s an absolute ripoff with the up-coding, etc. Medicare Disadvantage steals BILLIONS from Medicare every year.

[gab13by13]

10. lol, they already cut Medicare

There are also 500 billion dollars in cuts to Medicare in the Bill the House passed.

For all of the people who rave about Medicare Advantage plans, Magats want to turn Medicare into MA plans, that’s how they will kill it.

[Born Free]

11. Any planned cuts will have long fuse

Republicans will make sure nothing happens until after the election so they can say Democrats are just spreading FUD ( Fear, uncertainty, and doubt) and
when the time comes they will blame Democrats again.

[sakabatou]

12. I remember repukes saying they weren't going to touch medicare/medicaid

[Lonestarblue]

13. Much of the waste and fraud is with the Advantage program.

Republicans should ask their fellow Senator how he bilked millions from Medicare.

[Karasu]

14. If I had a dollar for every time someone in this regime has used "waste and fraud" as an excuse to justify all the shit

they've always WANTED to do, I swear I'd be halfway to Elon Musk by now.

[slightlv]

16. Or the phrase "National Security" when trying to justify all the shit they DON'T want to do!

[cstanleytech]

17. Same excuse that they used to destroy the government and now they are taking aim at Medicare and then Social Security.

[Hope22]

18. It's more than time for Congress critters to enjoy the healthcare and SS savings plan of the normals.

If their retirement was tied to social security and their health care plan had the bones of Medicare we would not have to keep these relentless attacks. These people are greedy thieves. Nothing less.