Republicans should build a wall around the welfare state

Congress is hurtling toward a colossal showdown over the federal budget. The House budget blueprint instructed the Committee on Energy and Commerce to find $880 billion in spending cuts, which requires reforming Medicaid. However, some Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) oppose “anything that results in cuts to actual work beneficiaries.”

Even President Trump said that Medicaid won’t be touched. But without the cuts, Congress could not continue with the Trump tax cuts enacted in 2017.