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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 GOPs 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 Trumps 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 Trumps 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

BoRaGard
(5,579 posts)the rest of the G.OP. still holding fast to their lies about Medicare
BEARING FALSE WITNESS
sakabatou
(44,782 posts)generalbetrayus
(929 posts)FakeNoose
(37,471 posts)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)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)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.