Johnson said the House reconciliation bill did not cut Medicaid
Reporting and findings
- estimate
CBO's post-enactment estimate for Public Law 119-21 projected that its Medicaid chapter would reduce federal deficits by $886.8 billion over 2025–2034 and increase the number of people without health insurance by 7.5 million in 2034. These are projections, not observed coverage losses.
- Congressional Budget Office: Public Law 119-21: Medicaid chapter estimateSummary and attached estimate
- reported
On May 25, 2025, Johnson said, 'We have not cut Medicaid' and 'We are not cutting Medicaid' while defending the House reconciliation bill.
- CBS News: Transcript: House Speaker Mike Johnson on Face the NationFace the Nation exchange on Medicaid
Summary and current status
The statement is paired with CBO's later estimate for the enacted Medicaid chapter, preserving the difference between rhetoric, projected federal outlays and projected insurance coverage.
Enacted law later received a CBO coverage and budget estimate
People and organizations
- Mike JohnsonSpeaker defending the House bill
- Donald J. Trumppresident whose reconciliation bill Johnson defended
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpDefended Trump's reconciliation bill in a national interviewMike Johnson
Money trail
otherProjected federal deficit reduction from the Medicaid chapter$886.8 billion - Measured subject
- Federal budget under Public Law 119-21
Figures
Projected increase in people without health insurance7.5 million people Calculation details
- Basis
- central projection
- Population
- U.S. population modeled by CBO under Public Law 119-21
- Period
- 2025-01-01 to 2034-12-31
- As of
- 2025-10-07
- Projection horizon
- 2034-12-31
- Method
- CBO post-enactment coverage estimate for the Medicaid chapter of Public Law 119-21.
- Uncertainty
- Central CBO projection under its current-law baseline and modeling assumptions; it is not an observed count of people removed from Medicaid.