The Rural Medicaid Squeeze — Audit finding

Reporting and findings

1. documented

   The enacted law contradicts the unqualified promise not to cut Medicaid benefits, although its rural effect is a modeled allocation and the law also creates a time-limited rural health fund.

   • The White House: Fact Check: President Trump Will Always Protect Social Security, Medicare, and MedicaidOpening claim and first bullet
   • U.S. Government Publishing Office: Public Law 119-21Title VII, Subtitle B, Chapter 1, Medicaid
   • KFF: How Might Federal Medicaid Cuts in the Enacted Reconciliation Package Affect Rural Areas?Key Results and Methods
   • The White House: The One Big Beautiful Bill Is a Historic Investment in Rural HealthcareOpening section and $50 billion fund description