It's Wednesday, May 21st. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day, a show that recalls a time when congressional hearings for members of a presidential administration involved way less screaming. It's crazy, but it's true.

On today's show, Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Knoem, gets her constitutional rights all mixed up during a Senate hearing.

And Trump's FDA looks to limit access to COVID booster shots.

But let's start with Medicaid.

We've been talking about Medicaid a lot on this show.

As a refresher, it's the health care safety net program that primarily covers

low-income Americans, and it's jointly run by the federal government and states. It's also in the

crosshairs of congressional Republicans, as they try to move President Donald Trump's big,

beautiful bill slowly, painfully, through the House and Senate, and onto his desk. They're eyeing upwards

of $800 billion in cuts to Medicaid over the next decade.

And one of the ways they want to do that is by imposing new work and eligibility requirements.

But if you're just listening to Trump talk, you'd honestly never know it.

Because the president seems to be very into Medicaid.

Here he is Monday at the tail end of an unrelated press conference in the Oval

office. And Mr. President, you can be a part of this. Thank you, Press. Thank you, everybody. Thank you,

no cuts to Medicaid. And earlier in the day, Trump went to Capitol Hill to strong-arm

Republicans into passing his big legislative agenda. And he reportedly told lawmakers, quote,

don't fuck around with Medicaid. But despite Trump's efforts to use the power of positive thinking

and mob boss threats to change the minds of the GOP, inspirational to me, really. Republicans are, in fact,

fucking around with Medicaid. All that money for tax cuts has to come from somewhere.

Why not poor people's health care coverage? Am I right? And I've been noticing something.

Despite the fact that Medicaid covers more than 70 million Americans, it appears many people,

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