True story. Preach it brother.
Republicans Want to Put Poor People Through Hell to Fund Tax Cuts for the Rich
In 2017, President Donald Trump passed a series of tax cuts that netted major corporations and the ultra wealthy billions in savings - while producing barely noticeable gains for working-class Americans.
Now, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans look to extend and expand Trump's 2017 tax cuts - and further redirect wealth upwards - they're preparing to gut Medicaid and rob the poor of their health care.
The proposed federal budget approved by the House last week called for over $2 billion in generally unspecified spending cuts. What it does specifically instruct is for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find $880 billion to cut between now and 2034. The committee's largest fiscal charge, by far, is the budget for Medicaid, which provides government-funded health insurance to over 70 million Americans.
Republicans are openly conceding that the health care program is in their crosshairs, but if the goal of Trump's second administration is the elimination of fraud and waste in favor of "efficiency," targeting Medicaid betrays their true intentions.
Medicaid, which finances roughly 4 in 10 births in the U.S., provides comprehensive health coverage to low-income Americans and the disabled. The program is unusually efficient and has lower per-capita costs than private health insurers or even Medicare.
Republicans Want to Put Poor People Through Hell to Fund Tax Cuts for the Rich
In 2017, President Donald Trump passed a series of tax cuts that netted major corporations and the ultra wealthy billions in savings - while producing barely noticeable gains for working-class Americans.
Now, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans look to extend and expand Trump's 2017 tax cuts - and further redirect wealth upwards - they're preparing to gut Medicaid and rob the poor of their health care.
The proposed federal budget approved by the House last week called for over $2 billion in generally unspecified spending cuts. What it does specifically instruct is for the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find $880 billion to cut between now and 2034. The committee's largest fiscal charge, by far, is the budget for Medicaid, which provides government-funded health insurance to over 70 million Americans.
Republicans are openly conceding that the health care program is in their crosshairs, but if the goal of Trump's second administration is the elimination of fraud and waste in favor of "efficiency," targeting Medicaid betrays their true intentions.
Medicaid, which finances roughly 4 in 10 births in the U.S., provides comprehensive health coverage to low-income Americans and the disabled. The program is unusually efficient and has lower per-capita costs than private health insurers or even Medicare.
