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[ColdHardTruth]

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts​

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.

Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans tried to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during Trump's first term in 2017 — which ended in failure.

I told you the repukes would cut Medicaid.

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

abcnews.go.com

 

[Helix]

Making the sick and poor suffer so that the rich can have even more : It's the Republican way.

 

[TobyOne]

Obamacare expanded medicaid. It should at least be dialed back to pre Obama days.

 

[Brack]

I know that Speaker Johnson really wants to slash Medicaid in order to give more tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. However, does he have enough votes within the House to pass these Medicaid cuts. Republicans have a thin majority within the House, and I don't see Congressmen Valadao, Bacon and Ciscomani going along with these Medicaid cuts.

 

[hooligan]

...It should at least be dialed back to pre Obama days.

Why?

 

[SavannahMann]

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts​

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.

Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans tried to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during Trump's first term in 2017 — which ended in failure.

I told you the repukes would cut Medicaid.

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

abcnews.go.com

Of course they did. I mean when it comes to Republicans screwing the poor it is like predicting the sunrise. Yep. The sun came up. What a shocker.

 

[TobyOne]

Eventually, you run out of other people's money.

Why?

 

[Greenbeard]

Obamacare expanded medicaid. It should at least be dialed back to pre Obama days.

As a general rule, when a policy is wildly successful, we should probably not reverse it.

Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care

Research Highlights: States that participated in the Medicaid expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act, raising the income level to be eligible for Medicaid up to 138% of the federal poverty level, improved several measures of heart disease care ...

newsroom.heart.org

Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion

An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

www.medscape.com

New research confirms earlier studies showing Medicaid expansion saves lives

For journalists covering the Build Back Better legislation and those in the 12 states that have yet to expand eligibility…

healthjournalism.org

Medicaid Expansion Associated With Slower Increase in Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic, New ACS Study Suggests

ATLANTA, April 3, 2025 — Despite a nationwide rise in mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, adults in Medicaid expansion states experienced a slower increase in deaths than non-expansion...

pressroom.cancer.org

Report: Babies Are More Likely to Die in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid

Infant mortality rates have dropped in expansion states and risen in nonexpansion states.

www.governing.com

Adoption of Medicaid Expansion Is Associated with Lower Maternal Mortality - PubMed

Although maternal mortality overall continues to increase in the United States, the maternal mortality ratio among Medicaid expansion states has increased much less compared with nonexpansion states. These results suggest that Medicaid expansion could be contributing to a relative decrease in...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Recent Studies Show That Medicaid Expansion Has Improved the Financial Performance of Hospitals and Other Providers, In Line With Prior Research | KFF

A KFF synthesis of recent studies finds that Medicaid expansion has been beneficial to the finances of hospitals and providers, driving decreases in the share of uninsured patients, increases in Medicaid-covered patients and declines in uncompensated care. By financing coverage for low-income...

www.kff.org

 

[Lisa]

Eventually, you run out of other people's money.

Do you understand how macro-economics works? Money isn't spent just one time and its disappears.

 

[bongsaway]

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts​

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's “ big, beautiful bill ” late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.

Tallying hundreds of pages, the legislation is touching off the biggest political fight over health care since Republicans tried to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during Trump's first term in 2017 — which ended in failure.

I told you the repukes would cut Medicaid.

House Republicans unveil Medicaid cuts

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

abcnews.go.com

This is the GOP showing the poorer of their base how much they actually care about them. Trump flat out told them at one of his rallies, I don't care about you, I only want your vote. Suckers and so they gave it to him so they could own the libs. The poor red states are really going to suffer, I hope it finally awakens their base to reality.

 

[bongsaway]

Obamacare expanded medicaid. It should at least be dialed back to pre Obama days.

Why? We could easily cut two billion, three, five billion from the defense budget with zero effect on the overall defense budget.
Why should our government not be helping we the people the best they can?

 

[TobyOne]

Yes, very well.

The bottom line is that entitlement spending isn't sustainable. Interest payments on the debt is now more than even defense spending.



Entitlement Spending:

• Entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, has grown as a share of the budget and GDP over time, according to the Tax Policy Center.
• The CBO projects that spending for Social Security, healthcare programs, and interest costs will continue to rise relative to GDP between 2017 and 2027, as noted by the CBO.
• This growth is driven by factors like an aging population and rising healthcare costs per beneficiary, according to Wikipedia.
• The CBO estimates that Social Security spending will continue to rise as a percentage of GDP in the coming decades, while Medicare and Medicaid are projected to grow even faster, as noted by Wikipedia.

Eventually, you run out of other people's money.

Do you understand how macro-economics works? Money isn't spent just one time and its disappears.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Trumpism thrives on stupidity and cruelty.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Why? We could easily cut two billion, three, five billion from the defense budget with zero effect on the overall defense budget.
Why should our government not be helping we the people the best they can?

 

[hooligan]

Eventually, you run out of other people's money.

And Medicaid is where it makes the most sense to cut before all the others? What percentage of the budget is allocated to Medicaid? These cuts don't come close to paying for the proposed tax cuts.

The richest nation in the world cutting back on healthcare for the poor is pretty bad optics, honestly.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Do you understand how macro-economics works? Money isn't spent just one time and its disappears.

You can be sure MAGAs don't understand anything beyond the talking points MAGA media gives them.

 

[Lisa]

Yes, very well.

The bottom line is that entitlement spending isn't sustainable. Interest payments on the debt is now more than even defense spending.

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Entitlement Spending:

• Entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, has grown as a share of the budget and GDP over time, according to the Tax Policy Center.
• The CBO projects that spending for Social Security, healthcare programs, and interest costs will continue to rise relative to GDP between 2017 and 2027, as noted by the CBO.
• This growth is driven by factors like an aging population and rising healthcare costs per beneficiary, according to Wikipedia.
• The CBO estimates that Social Security spending will continue to rise as a percentage of GDP in the coming decades, while Medicare and Medicaid are projected to grow even faster, as noted by Wikipedia.

Eventually, you run out of other people's money.

So you dont understand macroeconomics. Thanks for telling me.

 

[Fletch]

And Medicaid is where it makes the most sense to cut before all the others? What percentage of the budget is allocated to Medicaid? These cuts don't come close to paying for the proposed tax cuts.

Have you or any democrats in congress (or anywhere else) come up with a list of cuts they would support?

 

[TobyOne]

The federal government could buy everyone a house. Is that wildly successful?

As a general rule, when a policy is wildly successful, we should probably not reverse it.

Wider access to health insurance via Medicaid expansion improved cardiac care

Research Highlights: States that participated in the Medicaid expansion provision of the Affordable Care Act, raising the income level to be eligible for Medicaid up to 138% of the federal poverty level, improved several measures of heart disease care ...

newsroom.heart.org

Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion

An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

www.medscape.com

New research confirms earlier studies showing Medicaid expansion saves lives

For journalists covering the Build Back Better legislation and those in the 12 states that have yet to expand eligibility…

healthjournalism.org

Medicaid Expansion Associated With Slower Increase in Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic, New ACS Study Suggests

ATLANTA, April 3, 2025 — Despite a nationwide rise in mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, adults in Medicaid expansion states experienced a slower increase in deaths than non-expansion...

pressroom.cancer.org

Report: Babies Are More Likely to Die in States That Didn't Expand Medicaid

Infant mortality rates have dropped in expansion states and risen in nonexpansion states.

www.governing.com

Adoption of Medicaid Expansion Is Associated with Lower Maternal Mortality - PubMed

Although maternal mortality overall continues to increase in the United States, the maternal mortality ratio among Medicaid expansion states has increased much less compared with nonexpansion states. These results suggest that Medicaid expansion could be contributing to a relative decrease in...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Recent Studies Show That Medicaid Expansion Has Improved the Financial Performance of Hospitals and Other Providers, In Line With Prior Research | KFF

A KFF synthesis of recent studies finds that Medicaid expansion has been beneficial to the finances of hospitals and providers, driving decreases in the share of uninsured patients, increases in Medicaid-covered patients and declines in uncompensated care. By financing coverage for low-income...

www.kff.org

 

[TobyOne]

Entitlements have to be hit at some point. Pay me now, pay me later. A first step would be to roll back medicaid to pre obama levels.

And Medicaid is where it makes the most sense to cut before all the others? What percentage of the budget is allocated to Medicaid? These cuts don't come close to paying for the proposed tax cuts.

 

[hooligan]

Have you or any democrats in congress (or anywhere else) come up with a list of cuts they would support?

Sounds like a topic for another thread.

This thread is about the proposed cuts to Medicaid.

 

[Greenbeard]

Entitlement Spending:

• Entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, has grown as a share of the budget and GDP over time, according to the Tax Policy Center.
• The CBO projects that spending for Social Security, healthcare programs, and interest costs will continue to rise relative to GDP between 2017 and 2027, as noted by the CBO.
• This growth is driven by factors like an aging population and rising healthcare costs per beneficiary, according to Wikipedia.
• The CBO estimates that Social Security spending will continue to rise as a percentage of GDP in the coming decades, while Medicare and Medicaid are projected to grow even faster, as noted by Wikipedia.

Eventually, you run out of other people's money.

CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook has spending on Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA premium tax credits rising form 2.7% of GDP today to . . . 2.9% by 2055. So, almost not at all.

Spending on Social Security and Medicare, on the other hand, does grow as a share of GDP over time.

So if sustainability is your concern, why would Medicaid be the target here?

 

[hooligan]

Entitlements have to be hit at some point. Pay me now, pay me later. A first step would be to roll back medicaid to pre obama levels.

Again, because why? Show your work.

 

[hooligan]

CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook has spending on Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA premium tax credits rising form 2.7% of GDP today to . . . 2.9% by 2055. So, almost not at all.

Spending on Social Security and Medicare, on the other hand, does grow as a share of GDP over time.

So if sustainability is your concern, why would Medicaid be the target here?

 

[Greenbeard]

The federal government could buy everyone a house. Is that wildly successful?

That's not a thing that's happened. Medicaid expansion, on the other hand, has happened and its track record is clear. Which is why even the red states mobilized to prevent the House GOP from undoing it.