Thursday, October 2, 2025

Why healthcare spending is at the center of the US government shutdown battle

"We are not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the healthcare of everyday Americans," Jeffries said following a negotiation with Trump and Republican leaders on Monday. 

The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, also said after the meeting that the Democrats had talked about the impact of the cuts in healthcare spending on rural hospitals and individuals. 

 Based on Trump's "face and the way he looked, I think he heard about them for the first time", Schumer said...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/government-shutdown-healthcare-medicaid


 

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