U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined The Will Cain Show to discuss strengthening the Medicaid program and preventing the largest tax increase in history.
Watch the full interview HERE.
Daines on Medicaid reform:
The bottom line is this, Republicans are trying to save Medicaid. We want to strengthen Medicaid, while the Democrats are trying to drain Medicaid. So the reforms that we are proposing, what you just described there in the so-called provider tax, that’s just a scheme that are used by the states to actually get more dollars than the federal government. This is one of the fastest growing entitlements currently in federal spending. It’s designed to protect those who are most vulnerable. It’s an important safety net, but we’ve got to reform Medicaid if we’re going to save Medicaid. We’ve got to take able -bodied males who are laying on the couches at home and get them back to work and off of Medicaid. Put a work requirement in and the reforms we have made we think are reasonable And it’s, again, the way we save this very important safety net.
Daines on SALT deduction:
I’m very grateful for President Trump’s leadership on this Big, Beautiful Bill because what we’re doing is stopping the largest tax increase in American history, as well as reforming some of these important programs, actually reducing spending. On the SALT deduction, here’s the challenge we face. Is it that $40,000 cap that’s proposed by the House is a way that red states who have lower taxes and more restrained spending subsidize high-tax, high-spending blue states. The right answer is for the blue states to revolt against the governors and their legislatures and have them reduce spending, reduce taxes. Why should that burden be placed on the backs of red states where you have lower taxes and more responsible spending so there’s going to be a compromise here.
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