Stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

Trump said that a House bill is "not changing Medicaid," only cutting "waste, fraud and abuse."

The legislation includes provisions that can improve the detection of beneficiaries who aren’t eligible for coverage.

But other provisions change Medicaid to align with Trump’s ideology and Republican priorities. The bill incentivizes states to stop using their own funds to cover people in the U.S. illegally; it requires people to work or do another approved activity to secure benefits; and it bans Medicaid payments to nonprofits such as Planned Parenthood, which provide abortions among other services.

Other changes aim to cut expenses, including the imposition of copays and a shorter window for retroactive coverage. Those provisions don’t specify how they’d cut waste, fraud or abuse.



False.