STAT+: Trump’s health care affordability czar touts Medicaid cuts to hospital leaders

Casey Mulligan, the Trump administration’s health care affordability czar, advocated for Medicaid cuts at a hospital finance leaders’ conference, highlighting the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s projected $510 billion savings over 10 years. The act aims to reduce state-directed Medicaid payments to providers, aligning them closer to Medicare rates by 2028.