GOP Weighs Health-Care Cuts to Pay for Iran War

Facing a Pentagon request to fund the ongoing war against Iran, Republicans have floated offsetting cuts to health-care programs—such as ACA subsidies and Medicaid—in a forthcoming reconciliation bill. The move echoes GOP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill and could leave about 300,000 more Americans uninsured, on top of the roughly 14 million projected to lose coverage by 2030, as some Republicans express skepticism about funding the war without clearer goals.