Medicare/Medicaid no longer #1 US budget item in 2028? (excluding defense)
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During a press conference in July 2025, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins Rollins suggested that with 34 million able-bodied adults on Medicaid, there are sufficient American workers to support a fully domestic agricultural workforce, especially in the context of President Trump’s immigration policies and mass deportation plans. She emphasized automation, reforms, and utilizing Medicaid recipients to address labor shortages in farming, stating, “There are plenty of workers in America.”
Resolves based on data available from https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/budget_function. I will select another source if usaspending.gov is no longer around.
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