The Democratic Party is coalescing around a strategy of attacking Republicans for planning to cut Medicaid spending, a move that could unite the fractured party and pay dividends in the 2026 midterm elections. 

Democrats are engaging in a “Day of Action” across the country on Tuesday, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), to protest cuts to the Medicaid program implied in the Republican-led House budget resolution passed in late February.