Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year.
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