Democrats are losing their minds about the potential Medicaid cuts featured in President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” and, meanwhile, Republicans are celebrating the proposed Medicaid reform as a phenomenal means of eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse in government-subsidized healthcare.
For context, according to a Fox News report from June 7, 2025, Republican lawmakers spoke out against the slanderous attacks by Democrats on the proposed Medicaid budget cuts included in the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) and others pushing back after an anti-Trump think tank released a report saying that the proposed cuts would leave 10.3 million people without health insurance.
In the aforementioned report, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated that as many as 10.3 million people could be disenrolled from Medicaid as a result of the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” with the non-profit KFF weighing in in a June 4, 2025, analysis, saying, “CBO’s estimated 10.3 million loss of Medicaid enrollment in 2034 represents 12% of projected enrollment in that year. The most heavily affected states include Washington and Virginia, where Medicaid enrollment could decrease by 26% and 21%, respectively.”
However, speaking to Fox News, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said that the claims made by KFF and CBO are “all B.S.,” referring to such claims as “what the Democrats are doing,” and adding, “They’re pushing the agenda that we’re cutting 10 million people off Medicaid. It’s people that actually shouldn’t be on it, illegals that shouldn’t be on it. We’re reforming it.”
Echoing Sen. Tuberville’s sentiments, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told Fox News that Republicans are proposing that the only people who will no longer receive Medicaid Benefits in the wake of the “Big, Beautiful Bill’s” implementation are people who “were not qualified to get them in the first place.”
In contrast, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) criticized the proposed Medicaid reform in the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” saying, “These burdensome regulatory requirements for proving that somebody has obtained or sought work are going to mean millions of people will go without healthcare, and the restrictions on food assistance are equally an obstacle to people meeting their everyday needs.”
In addition, Sen. Blumenthal described himself as “very, very concerned” about the possible changes to Medicaid, calling them “seemingly cruel and unproductive ways of raising money simply to finance tax cuts,” which the Democratic senator said would be exclusively for “wealthy billionaires.” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) seconded Sen. Blumenthal’s statements, saying that there is “nothing beautiful” about the bill and calling it “horrific.”
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Likewise, Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) argued that the “Big, Beautiful Bill” is not really about government efficiency and reducing waste, saying that he wants to have an “honest conversation” with republicans about saving taxpayers money. The senator told Fox News, “People are struggling, and I feel like, in the richest, most powerful country in the world, we should be able to make sure that people can have the basic needs they need to be able to survive.”
Featured image credit: Sen. Richard Blumenthal via X