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Eugene

(65,196 posts)
Tue May 27, 2025, 01:11 AM Tuesday

Trump Adviser David Sacks Says the Quiet Part Out Loud on Medicaid Cuts

Source: The Daily Beast

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Trump Adviser Says the Quiet Part Out Loud on Medicaid Cuts

David Sacks plainly stated that “This bill cuts $880 billion from Medicaid over a decade.”

Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter

Updated May 26 2025 11:55PM EDT
Published May 26 2025 5:51PM EDT

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White House adviser David Sacks admitted over the weekend that the GOP’s tax bill will include significant cuts to Medicaid, despite claims from his boss and other MAGA loyalists that it will not.

Sacks, who is President Donald Trump‘s AI and crypto czar, said plainly on the All-In podcast: “This bill cuts $880 billion from Medicaid over a decade.”

That statement undercuts weeks of spin from the White House and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Each has repeatedly claimed that Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will not reduce funding to Medicaid, which provides free or low-cost health coverage to 85 million Americans.

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Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-adviser-david-sacks-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-on-medicaid-cuts/

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-adviser-says-quiet-part-215127855.html

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Trump Adviser David Sacks Says the Quiet Part Out Loud on Medicaid Cuts (Original Post) Eugene Tuesday OP
OMG - a republicon actually let some truth squeak out! BoRaGard Tuesday #1
*pretends to be surprised* sakabatou Tuesday #2
Soon-to-be former Trump adviser David Sacks. generalbetrayus Tuesday #3
Nah! Sacks is the "crypto-czar" so Chump won't fire him FakeNoose Tuesday #4
This fact --"This bill cuts $880 billion from Medicaid over a decade." -- has been known for a month. The ancianita Tuesday #5
Sachs is the 3rd South African in the billionaire triumvirate of Musk, Thiel, and Sachs... Hekate Tuesday #6
Sort of a club huh? Evolve Dammit Tuesday #7

BoRaGard

(5,579 posts)
1. OMG - a republicon actually let some truth squeak out!
Tue May 27, 2025, 07:32 AM
Tuesday

the rest of the G.OP. still holding fast to their lies about Medicare

BEARING FALSE WITNESS

FakeNoose

(37,471 posts)
4. Nah! Sacks is the "crypto-czar" so Chump won't fire him
Tue May 27, 2025, 04:57 PM
Tuesday

I don't actually know what David Sacks does, but he's in the process of making Chump's next $ billion. He's too valuable to fire.

ancianita

(40,511 posts)
5. This fact --"This bill cuts $880 billion from Medicaid over a decade." -- has been known for a month. The
Tue May 27, 2025, 05:41 PM
Tuesday

Daily Beast acts like this guy's admission is news -- it isn't. This guy doesn't get a cookie for what the CBO already determined.

Hekate

(97,801 posts)
6. Sachs is the 3rd South African in the billionaire triumvirate of Musk, Thiel, and Sachs...
Tue May 27, 2025, 06:16 PM
Tuesday

Born and raised in Apartheid South Africa, born knowing they are superior to all other mortals by virtue of being white and obscenely wealthy. Landed here on American shores to take advantage of the Land of Opportunity, unbridled greed, and easy marks.



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