Brian Blase: GOP's Trusted Medicaid-Cut Architect — SkimNews
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- Brian Blase, president of Paragon Health Institute, has become a trusted adviser to congressional Republicans who passed sweeping health-care funding changes last year.
- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is projected to cut Medicaid spending by roughly $1 trillion over the coming decade through policies Blase backed.
- The Medicaid cuts were used to offset the cost of tax cuts, with preliminary Congressional Budget Office estimates projecting 7 million people will lose coverage.
- Medicaid funding shifts are forcing health providers to scramble and rethink how they deliver care.
Why it matters: Because Blase has become a trusted GOP adviser whose Paragon-backed policies already cut projected Medicaid spending by $1 trillion and threaten coverage for 7 million, STAT+ flags him as having another policy target in mind — one providers will face while still reeling from the current law's changes.
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