Brett Guthrie chairs the Committee of Energy and Commerce, which has been tasked with finding $880B in spending cuts under a House budget resolution.

A survey from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry says Kentucky’s rate of dental decay in kids ages two to five years old is significantly higher than the national average. The talk of deep federal tax cuts has some Kentuckians worried it could subtract money from Medicaid.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joins Morning Joe to discuss GOP-led federal funding cuts that could bring “devastating” changes to Medicaid, closing rural hospitals and leaving children, seniors, and vulnerable residents without care.

Chief among them is this year’s attempt to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities, which got its first committee vote Tuesday. As you may recall, similar bills died in 2024 when the House and Senate couldn’t agree on which version to give their final approval to.

"Medicaid is the lion. It's the behemoth. It is eating up our budgets, it is growing astronomically," State Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Middletown) said.

It would be devastating and it would be a betrayal,” says Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on the Republican plan to make massive cuts to Medicaid.

Congressman Tom Massie of Kentucky — voted against it. The potentially largest cut to Medicaid in U.S. history could be a sticking point for some moderate Republicans in the long, cumbersome process ahead to pass the budget.

Congressman Tom Massie of Kentucky — voted against it. The potentially largest cut to Medicaid in U.S. history could be a sticking point for some moderate Republicans in the long, cumbersome process ahead to pass the budget.

The Long Island delegation in the U.S. House split on a GOP budget blueprint Tuesday evening that calls for deep spending cuts, potentially including $880 billion to Medicaid, which 50 percent of their constituents rely on for health coverage.

Congressman Tom Massie of Kentucky — voted against it. The potentially largest cut to Medicaid in U.S. history could be a sticking point for some moderate Republicans in the long, cumbersome process ahead to pass the budget.

In 2010, Democratic President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act gave states the right to expand their Medicaid programs to include the “working poor” — able-bodied adults who earned up to 138% of the federal poverty line. In Kentucky, that means up to $20,784 a year for an individual or $43,056 for a household of four.

The House Republican drive to significantly reduce federal spending on medical care has placed the party on a collision course with the health needs of its own constituents.