Pineguy wrote: There was a Republican sweep in Texas and look at what they want to do already...
Texas Considers Medicaid Withdrawal
Some Republican lawmakers — still reveling in Tuesday’s statewide election sweep — are proposing an unprecedented solution to the state’s estimated $25 billion budget shortfall: dropping out of the federal Medicaid program.
Far-right conservatives are offering that possibility in impassioned news conferences. Moderate Republicans are studying it behind closed doors.
The question is, will other Republican-controlled states follow suit and will they stop at Medicare or cut more programs, like social security?
medicaid and medicare are two different programs. If they want to opt out of medicaid, it is their choice as it would be to opt out of medicare. For medicare though the seniors would have alot to say about that.
Pineguy wrote: Yeah, posting a web article really is trollish. But thanks for the ad hominem attack.
Not exactly trolling, but you got your facts wrong PG, something you and others are quick to point out in others posts. You implied that Medicaid is Medicare, and Social security is next. "The repubs want to take away Grandmas SS and medicine"
Texas is talking about state run, "state and fed" funded Medicaid for the poor. The states have no say about Federal run Medicare and SS. Not trolling, just an inaccurate extrapolation of the facts.
Pineguy wrote: The question is, will other Republican-controlled states follow suit and will they stop at Medicare or cut more programs, like social security?
Another clarification is they are not talking about ending medical care for the poor, they are talking about the states running it and funding it themselves.
If you want to be, press one. If you want not to be, press 2
Republicans are red, democrats are blue, neither of them, gives a flip about you.
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