AS an old fart I watch the doings in Moronic center, DC, for my fellow seniors need to stay informed on how the government will tackle their problems as they grow older….especially the marginal ones that will depend onMedicaid for the health issues.
Below are some of the more absurd excuses for throwing people off the Medicaid rolls…..
In their zeal to deliver a big win to President Donald Trump by passing his sweeping tax and spending bill, Republicans have been coming up with ridiculous ways to defend their plan to strip health care from an estimated 11 million low-income people.
Experts don’t matter. Prove you are worthy of health care. We’re all going to die anyway. Somehow, these are actual arguments GOP lawmakers and officials have been making as they try to gloss over the pain their bill would impose on poor people and families while handing big tax breaks to mostly rich people.
Here are five of the most absurd ways Republicans have tried to defend their so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which guts federal health and food assistance programs by nearly $1.3 trillion.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/medicaid-cuts-republican-bill_n_6842ebdde4b04a6fce05e8c5
Then there is the whole tax thingy in Donny’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ BS….
Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will slash the household resources of the poorest Americans by about $1,600 while boosting the wealthiest households by roughly $12,000, the Congressional Budget Office said in a distributional analysis released Thursday.
What Happened: CBO analysts in their analysis released on Thursday found middle-income families would gain a more modest $500 to $1,000 a year, but the lowest decile would lose ground largely because the bill pares back Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and adds 80-hour monthly “community-engagement” rules for able-bodied adults.
he package extends many 2017 tax cuts, creates temporary breaks on tips, overtime and car-loan interest, and raises the standard deduction for seniors, yet offsets part of the cost by shrinking safety-net programs.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned lawmakers on Thursday that failure to pass the measure could push the nation toward economic disaster, and Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) argued “the solution to our debt crisis is not to tax Americans more, it is to spend less.” He goes on to say that extending “proven tax reform is critical for working families.”
Nothing about nay of this should surprise anyone for the GOP has been gunning for entitlements for decades and now they have the perfect storm to attack and destroy as much of these programs as possible.
If you are a senior or close to retirement you might want to pay better attention than you have in the past for your future is in their incapable hands.
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The VA is becoming no fun these days either, as you likely already know. When I catch one of the staff aside and ask how bad DOGE has hit them they are all too willing to share their laments.
Eventually I fear that Veterans will start to be designated as “Non-Productive” members of the society and that all societal safety measure aid will be cut off from everyone of them (us) … I am a Veteran too …
John it is worse than that….post coming later…..chuq
Doug I read a report on the VA and will post it today. chuq
It seems that both of our countries are hoping to get rid of lots of senior citizens. Our government is also introducing bills to cut living benefits and allowances for people who are retired from work.
Best wishes, Pete.
Exploitation of the aged…..a great conserv thing. chuq