Republicans representing Texas in Congress say proposed reforms to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are necessary to reduce “waste, fraud and abuse” of the safety net program

Republicans have faced pushback for their plans to pay for Trump’s tax cuts by reducing federal Medicaid funding and by making changes to Affordable Care Act marketplaces. States don’t like losing funding, hospitals don’t like losing business, and voters don’t like losing their insurance or paying more for it.