{"id":222,"date":"2025-03-11T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/?p=222"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:13:29","slug":"response-from-ted-budd-mar-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/2025\/03\/11\/response-from-ted-budd-mar-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Response from Ted Budd &#8211; Mar 3, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From: &#8220;Office of U.S. Senator Ted Budd&#8221; <a href=\"mailto:donotreply@budd.senate.gov\">donotreply@budd.senate.gov<\/a><br>Date: March 3, 2025 at 2:01:58\u202fPM EST<br>To: [xx]@gmail.com<br>Subject: Responding to your message<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear [xx],<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for contacting me about potential cuts to Medicaid. It is an honor to represent the people of North Carolina. I appreciate the opportunity to hear from you on this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal government pays for about 65 percent of total Medicaid spending, which is upwards of $800 billion annually. The total cost of the program, combined with the challenges presented by an alarming rate of growth for medical costs, demonstrates that Medicaid needs reform to remain sustainable for future generations. If such reforms come before the Senate, I\u2019ll work to ensure they provide high-value care for Medicaid-eligible citizens long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in learning more about what is going on in Congress and my work in Washington D.C. for North Carolinians, you may visit my website at budd.senate.gov. If you need assistance with issues related to Social Security, Medicare, veteran benefits, visas, or other items involving a federal agency, you may call my office at 202-224-3154.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                                     Sincerely, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"373\" height=\"105\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Budd_Signature_-_Transparent.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Budd_Signature_-_Transparent.png 373w, https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Budd_Signature_-_Transparent-300x84.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">                                                           Ted Budd<br>                                                                     United States Senator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Budd_Signature_-_Transparent.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountainindivisible.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}