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Prostate Policy Pulse - April 29, 2025

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A couple of weeks ago, we discussed the budget framework that instructed Congressional committees to cut $880 billion from Medicaid. While we know that it’s nearly impossible to cut that much from Medicaid funding without having an impact on the individuals it covers, an $880 billion cut doesn’t mean much unless we understand the policy changes necessary to achieve it. 


We do not yet know what the cut will look like - Congress just returned from a district work period and will begin negotiating. Speaker Johnson has shared a goal of having a bill on the president’s desk by Memorial Day (though this goal has already started to slip - House Majority Leader Steve Scalise just said "We'd like to have it on the president's desk by June.”). This means we’re looking at just a few weeks for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to hammer out the policy changes that result in $880 billion in cuts.

 

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