Trump Projects Saving Billions From Medicare, Medicaid Policies

President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget projects that taxpayers would save $920 billion for Medicaid and $756 billion for Medicare over 10 years.

But there’s a catch: All the policies it proposes need to be implemented to achieve those savings. Many of those policies, however, are either tied up in court or facing other opposition.

For Medicaid, the Health and Human Services Department’s annual budget proposal presumes that expanded work requirements, tighter beneficiary eligibility screening, and capped or “block grant” state funding will all go into effect.

Similarly, the HHS budget says taxpayers could save $756 billion in ...