At least 10 moderate House Republicans have reached out to GOP leadership in the past 24 hours to express their opposition to the Medicaid cuts proposed as part of the party’s reconciliation package, three sources tell NOTUS.
Their frustration follows a push from Republican leadership to get members on board with the cuts to move their policy agenda forward. Leadership and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, led by Rep. Brett Guthrie, are considering lowering the percentage of Medicaid costs paid for by the federal government in states that expanded Medicaid — known as FMAP —and institute per capita caps. Moderates feel they’ve been ignored.
On Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told a reporter he is confident moderates would get on board with the FMAP changes and per capita caps. Those comments sparked a private uproar from moderate Republicans, who say they never agreed to those numbers or expressed that to leadership.