Mark A. Peterson, professor of public policy at UCLA Luskin, commented in a Los Angeles Times story on a Republican-backed congressional budget resolution that could result in cuts to Medicaid as well as Medicare and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The story focuses on California Republican Congressman David Valadao, representing the 22nd Congressional District, who supported his party on the cost-cutting resolution but said he would not support a final reconciliation bill that risks leaving his constituents behind. Republicans say the resolution will eventually provide $2 trillion in savings, while the Congressional Budget Office reported that it would be impossible to find enough savings not to impact those health programs. “Medicaid is the only place — it’s like the bank, it’s where the money is,” said Peterson, who also holds appointments in political science, health policy, management and law at UCLA. “He’s going to have a problem,” Peterson said of Valadao.