Republican U.S. Representative Mark Alford of Missouri said that he would support “changes” to Medicaid hours after the issue took center stage during a contentious town hall event with his constituents on Monday.
Newsweek reached out for comment to Alford’s office and the White House via email on Monday night.
Why It Matters
President Donald Trump has been pushing Republicans to dramatically reduce the size of the federal government during the early weeks of his second term in office.
The Trump administration has initiated some cost-cutting measures via executive order and through Elon Musk‘s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
But some Republicans are pushing for popular programs like Medicaid and Medicare to also go on the chopping block, despite opinion polls showing that the U.S. public wants the government to spend more on the programs and that cutting them would be deeply unpopular.
