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‘Robbing People’: AOC Slams Republican Plan to Slash Medicaid for Tax Cuts
By Jake Beardslee · May 10, 2025
AOC Condemns GOP Medicaid Cuts Tied to Trump’s Tax Extension Push
As the House Energy and Commerce Committee prepares for a key markup session next week, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is vocally condemning Republican efforts to cut Medicaid as part of a broader push to extend President Donald Trump’s tax cuts. Yehyun Kim, USA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC
‘Robbing People’: AOC Says Medicaid Cuts Benefit the Ultra-Rich
“They're robbing people in order to hand it over to the rich,” Ocasio-Cortez told Rolling Stone, claiming that the proposed cuts would strip millions of Americans of their health coverage while padding the pockets of the ultra-wealthy. “Medicaid is one of the largest insurers in the United States of America.” Kaboompics.com / Pexels
Republicans Aim to Slash $880 Billion
House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, are pushing to pass the budget package by Memorial Day. The plan includes an $880 billion spending reduction—cuts that would be impossible without dramatically scaling back Medicaid, which currently covers nearly 82 million people through both Medicaid and CHIP. Office of Speaker Mike Johnson / Wikimedia
AOC: Cuts Serve Donors, Not Fiscal Goals
Ocasio-Cortez argued the cuts aren’t about fiscal responsibility but about political payback: “They're not just out here to cut health care for health care's sake, they have an assignment. Their assignment is to cut the taxes of their donors, and to have giveaways to Big Oil, which financed their election, Big Tech, which financed their election, Elon [Musk], [Jeff] Bezos, etc.” ack Gruber-USA TODAY NETWORK vi
Work Requirements Could Strip Coverage From Eligible Recipients, AOC Warns
A major part of the proposed changes includes adding work requirements to Medicaid eligibility. Ocasio-Cortez opposes the move, saying it would create administrative hurdles that could cause eligible recipients to lose coverage over paperwork issues. nrkbeta / Wikimedia
‘Hand Over a Bag’: AOC Accuses GOP of Gutting Social Safety Net
"In order to do that, you have to gut what is left of the health care and social safety net in the United States. They're doing it because they have to hand over a bag," Ocasio-Cortez stated. Yehyun Kim, USA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC
CBO: GOP Plan Would Drop 600,000 From Medicaid Without Job Gains
A recent report by the Congressional Budget Office confirmed that millions of Americans would be affected by the GOP’s proposed Medicaid changes. A 2023 CBO analysis found that work requirements alone would result in approximately 600,000 people losing their insurance—without producing any measurable boost in employment. Andrea Piacquadio / Pexels