Governors eye Medicaid cuts to ease COVID-19 budget pain | TheHill

Governors facing huge budget shortfalls are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, even as millions of unemployed Americans flock to the health insurance program after losing their employer-based coverage.States that are buckling under declining revenues and increased Medicaid enrollment due to COVID-19 say they may have no choice but to cut the program for the poor unless they get more financial support from the federal government.“These are cuts that can be triggered and eliminated with the stroke of a pen," California Gov. Gavin NewsomGavin Christopher NewsomOver 180 church goers told to self-quarantine after attendee at Mother's Day service tests positive for COVID-19 Sunday shows preview: Congress spars over next round of coronavirus relief; GOP seeks offensive after news of Flynn 'unmasking' Coronavirus Report: The Hill's Steve Clemons interviews Jane Harman MORE (D) said Thursday about cuts to Medicaid and other programs that will go in effect July 1 without help from Congress and President TrumpDonald John TrumpChina's top medical adviser warns country is vulnerable to second wave of COVID-19 infections Romney denounces multiple IG firings as 'threat to accountable democracy' MLB predicts billions in losses upon return to baseball season: AP MORE.Federal law requires states to balance their budgets, and during economic downturns, governors and state legislatures tend to cut costly programs like Medicaid.