Fact-checking Trump’s claims about Medicaid cuts in GOP bill | Health News

A Medicaid bill pushed by Republicans proposes significant cuts to the health insurance programme for lower-income Americans. But United States President Donald Trump has claimed the legislation would change Medicaid in ways that only combat “waste, fraud and abuse”, a phrase he repeated seven times over a couple of minutes.

“We’re not doing any cutting of anything meaningful,” the Republican president said. “The only thing we’re cutting is waste, fraud and abuse. … We’re…