The Senate didn't include a funding increase for Medicaid in its COVID-19 response bill, ignoring pleas from both Democratic and Republican governors and teeing up a contentious fight with the House over spending on the health care program for the poor.
Governors facing massive budget shortfalls caused by the economic downturn have warned they will have to cut Medicaid and other programs if they don't get more help from Congress, but those warnings did not sway Senate Republicans, who have resisted what they say would be "bailouts" of state and local governments.
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