Medicaid is GOP target in 2018

[turbinetree]

Source: The Hill

Medicaid could face crucial tests in 2018 at both the federal and state levels.

Republicans in Congress failed in their attempts earlier this year to impose drastic cuts to the program as part of ObamaCare repeal, but GOP lawmakers could try again next year.

The tax bill that President Trump recently signed into law is projected to add $1 trillion to the federal deficit, making cuts to Medicaid an even more tempting target for some conservatives.

“Medicaid is front and center in any budget exercises, and now that deficits have increased, it puts Medicaid squarely in the bulls eye,” said Joan Alker, the executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has said he wants to bring down entitlement spending, saying in December that “health-care entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid are the big drivers of debt.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/366728-gop-could-push-medicaid-cuts-in-2018

---

Maybe this asshole, should ask the republicans in Utah if this is what they want.......................

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141948488

[sarcasmo]

1. 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[Matthew28]

2. Die poor die

They want to kill people

[BigmanPigman]

3. Correction. They want to bankrupt THEN kill people

in that order.
I hope the Dems run on this and possible losses in Social Security and Medicare, tax cuts for the 1%, and Russian collusion. The Repub base/cult doesn't care about morals when THEIR side shows lack of any so we can't use that against them.

[question everything]

33. As they should. Now that many voters will find extra couple of hunderd dollars

in their pockets, Republicans will warn them that Democrats want to take this away.

So, yes, these should be the issues.

[SharonAnn]

36. Middle class people will be able to pay for their parents nursing home care!

Many of us in the middle class don't understand that Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security prevent families from being bankrupted by caring for their parents. It's a very small price to pay.

If we were on the hook for all those expenses we could either try to pay them, at the expense of caring for ourselves and our children, or let our parents suffer and die.

[Metro135]

4. health-care entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid are the big drivers of debt.

No, fuckface, Republican tax cuts to corporations and billionaires that don't need them are the big drivers of debt!!

God, how I hate these people and their bullshit!!

[question everything]

34. And Republicans doing nothing for eight years while getting paid with benefits (nt)

[dalton99a]

5. Beyond cruel. It is pure evil.

[TomCADem]

7. Also, Called Modern Populism

Republicans validate any sexism, antisemitism, racism or homophobia among their working class constituents. In return, they go along with wealthy's demands to roll back benefits and give up tax cuts to the rich. It almost poetic in a way. You pretty much sell your soul, or in this case your healthcare, in order to indulge any evil intolerance and hate you have toward your fellow Americans.

Don't worry. Even progressives can sometimes succumb to the temptation of catering to hate. Some progressives have catered to xenophobia by pushing anti-immigrant and anti-trade policies. Even FDR ordered the placement of Japanese Americans into concentration camps during WW2 even though whites with German and Italian heritage were not subject to the same treatment.

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[pangaia]

6. Maybe these guys should read this -

"For those who feel helpless in the face of insurmountable suffering, we are still in the early years of the 21st century. There is time for us to create a better, happier world, but we can’t sit back and expect a miracle. We each have actions we must take, by living our lives meaningfully and in service to our fellow human beings — helping others whenever we can and making every effort to do them no harm."

HH The 14th Dalai Lama

[mdbl]

15. Repugs interpret that to.....

Volunteer at the soup kitchen every year at Christmas time.

[SunSeeker]

9. How do these Republicans get away with calling themselves Christians?

Indeed, how do they get away with calling themselves human beings?

[JHB]

20. Simple: they believe what they want to believe, and slap those labels on it.

[Alwaysna]

10. Nazi Germans had the T4 program

To rid them of "useless eaters" we have Paul Ryan and the GOP. Simple- they just cut medicaid/Medicare and don't have to waste funds for staff or crematorium. Devious,evil and repulsive.

[Sophia4]

11. What was that about Republicans being pro-life?

Really? Pro-life and they want to cut Medicaid?

[n2doc]

22. They only care about the Holy Fetus

[Sophia4]

25. Wish I could recommend your post.

Thanks. What a bunch of greedy, selfish clowns.

Never see that word "selfish" any more, but it sure does apply to Republicans.

[Kimchijeon]

37. Sigh I miss George Carlin so much. He was great.

[sakabatou]

12. How many Americans will be murdered due to their administrations?

[sinkingfeeling]

13. No, Paul, Republicans are the big driver of debt.

[Achilleaze]

14. republicans pissing on Americans

deplorable greedy republican bastards, pissing on the Teachings of Christ.

[paleotn]

16. These people are just begging to get slaughtered in 2018

Or they've come to the conclusion there's no way they hold the House and Senate, so what the hell. The campaign framing and attack ads simply write themselves, coast to coast. Not only is this just downright evil, but are they really that dumb and /or convinced they can't win in 2018 anyway?

[n2doc]

23. Of they think that Gerrymandering, Voter suppression and outright fraud will keep them in power

And that has worked so far. It is not going to be easy to dislodge them.

[Cosmocat]

24. This

They are insane, literally.

But, they can see that over the last 8 years they have become increasingly radical and hateful, which has coincided with this country giving them more power in DC and the states than they have ever had.

[paleotn]

28. The thing about gerrymandered districts is

they don't stay gerrymandered forever. Populations don't remaining static for long and we're 8 years on since most of the data these districts are based on was gathered. Thus, things might not work quite as well as they did a few election cycles ago. We saw in Alabama that suppression can be overwhelmed and we have a very, very energized base. Add to that a historically unpopular pResident and some rather noxious legislation already passed that particularly affects Rethugs in blue states. On top of all that, they're contemplating fucking with grandma's Medicare and taking healthcare away from poor people. My feeling is they're going for broke because they know they're cooked in 2018 and even the Speaker could very well lose. In fact, I expect him to.

[left-of-center2012]

17. ...

The tax bill that President Trump recently signed into law is projected to add $1 trillion to the federal deficit ...

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has said he wants to bring down entitlement spending, saying in December that “health-care entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid are the big drivers of debt.”

[dalton99a]

21. +1

[BlueIdaho]

18. In an election year?

Good luck with that boys...

[not fooled]

19. That's probably why

they are starting with Medicaid. They think most 'Muricans figure it only helps the poor, so it's A-OK to deprive those useless eaters of healthcare.

Of course, the fallacies in thinking that way are that Medicaid also pays for granny's nursing home so the family doesn't have to provide 'round-the-clock care, and that first they come for the poor, then they come for the middle class.

Randi Rhodes nailed it recently: the tax cuts under raygun and chimpy were paid for by looting programs for the poor. Now, for this round of tax cuts, they are planning to loot programs for the middle class, plus the few crumbs that still benefit the poor.

[RKP5637]

26. GOP makes MAJOR investment in "Soylent Green" procurement & manufacturing process. n/t

[turbinetree]

27. Lets go back to this reenactment of an asshole....................

[Turbineguy]

29. They could try and figure out how to make it work better.

But will most likely settle on maximum profits with minimum actual health care benefits to individuals. We might see a statistical improvement if they include "Patient died" as a good outcome.

[Ohiogal]

30. Don't these assholes realize that

the majority of people on Medicaid are either elderly, disabled, poor children, or people who work and just can't make enough money to afford the health insurance industry gouging?

I don't know why they think that everyone on Medicaid is a lazy leech who refuses to work. Granted there may be a few, but the overwhelming majority are not.

[NCDem777]

31. Do you know how many special needs parents

are shocked by this?

Too many.

[question everything]

32. Didn't Senator Collins hold her vote until she was promised that Medicaid would not suffer

or something?

[roamer65]

35. It wont pass a 51-49 Senate.

That is where it will be DOA.

We are about to see just how much Alabama did for the USA on the night of Dec 12th.