Opinion: New Medicaid reform bills threaten the nation’s vital safety net
October 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Brendan Williams
Concord Monitor (Oct. 8, 2026)
The constant repetition of a false narrative does not make it true.
Yet the recent announcement of 14 U.S. House bills aimed at “waste, fraud, and abuse” in the Medicaid program was clearly designed to make Americans think that this vital safety net is not to be trusted. This is a patently transparent effort to rationalize past, and future, Medicaid cuts. Furthermore, all 14 bills could have been consolidated into one instead of being rolled out in a redundant spectacle.