Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., told Newsmax that most Democrats and media outlets are wrong when they continue to claim the new spending and tax cut bill moving through Congress cuts Medicaid funding.

Estes told “America Right Now” on Saturday that the legislation, called the One Big Beautiful Bill, enhances government support for healthcare programs. “We’re actually going to be spending more in Medicaid over the next 10 years,” he said. “What we’re wanting to do is make sure that we have people that are entitled to Medicaid, are able to get it.”

The Kansas Republican pointed out that the healthcare program critical for many Americans will be expanding, not shrinking. “So we’re trying to remove the people that shouldn’t be there, whether they’re able-bodied and they’re not working, or whether they shouldn’t be enrolled at all, but they were still listed, carried over from year to year, or whether they’re illegal immigrants into the country that shouldn’t be entitled to that.”

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