claim: says critics who say he cut medicaid are wrong; his budget added $1.2 billion to the program
author: scott walker
evidence_1: may 4, 2018 ... during his presidential campaign, donald trump said he wouldn't try ... about  $1.2 trillion of the savings from medicaid and obamacare ... providers —  something republicans criticized as a cut at the time. ... trump's budget would  cut the program by about $25 billion, or less ... we rate the statement false.
evidence_2: he noted that the cuts would give the cdc its lowest budget in 20 years and lead  ... deep cuts to science and medicine in trump budget draw intense criticism. ...  the budget's plan to cut $610 billion over 10 years from the medicaid program, ...  one republican said he drew the line at proposed cuts to the popular meals on ...
evidence_3: jan 31, 2013 ... rick scott, who ran as a cost-cutting critic of "bloated" government, opened ... to  balance his budget, scott also would cut medicaid services and ... the  centerpiece of his budget is a $1.2 billion hike in public school ... "it's an excellent  budget," said wayne blanton of the florida school boards association.
evidence_4: feb 6, 2007 ... president bush releases his proposed budget for fiscal year 2008. ... decrease in  funding for government programs such as medicare and medicaid. ... while the  president said in the quote you just ran that he cared about ..... the white house  wants to devote an additional $1.2 billion to title i, the part of the ...
evidence_5: may 23, 2017 ... he also criticized cuts to tribal programs and said he was ... jimenez said the  proposed snap cuts would cost new mexico $1.2 billion over the next ten years.  ... in his budget proposal tuesday, mr. trump estimates his economic ... an extra  $2.1 trillion in revenue and help to balance the budget by 2027.