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Buddy Carter Passes Trump's Bill to Cut Medicaid to Fund Tax Breaks for Billionaires

Government and Politics

May 22, 2025


GOP Congressman and “MAGA warrior” Buddy Carter voted this morning to provide the largest Medicaid cuts in American history to pay for massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.

Despite hiking costs for Georgia families and putting health care in jeopardy for hundreds of thousands of Georgians, Carter’s vote comes as no surprise considering he has supported the extreme Trump-backed budget every step of the way – including saying that he’s “very proud” to lead the charge on Medicaid cuts as chair of the committee that oversees the critical program.

In the last couple of weeks, Carter has doubled and tripled down on the proposed cuts, even going as far as saying on the AJC’s Politically Georgia that he’d “actually like to see more” than $880 billion slashed in the Trump-backed Republican budget plan.

“Georgians need to know that the same ‘MAGA warrior’ who just voted for the largest Medicaid cuts in American history to pay for massive tax breaks to billionaires is asking them for a promotion to the U.S. Senate,” said DPG Chair Charlie Bailey. “Georgia families won’t forget that Buddy Carter worked in lockstep with Donald Trump and extreme party leaders to put critical programs like Medicaid on the chopping block.”