To Save Medicaid, We Have to Cut It

Medicaid reform doesn’t mean abandoning the disadvantaged.

Medicaid costs taxpayers nearly $900 billion a year. That figure is on track to exceed $1 trillion by the end of this decade.

The entitlement is growing faster than the economy. That kind of growth is unsustainable -- and risks shredding the safety net for those who need it most.

Republicans are confronting that mathematical reality as they hunt for savings in a program that now provides health coverage to nearly 80 million people.