Taking from the Poor and Giving to the Pentagon: This is the GOP
The GOP is targeting Medicaid in its next attack on health care reform. House Republicans want to take away $20 billion budgeted for the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and use it to cover defense cuts. This is who they are.
Politico reported that a small group of House Republicans, led by Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R, Kan.), are doubling down on efforts to defund health care reform through budget negotiations. If there’s another continuing resolution in January, Rep. Huelskamp and other House Republicans want to insert a provision that would eliminate $21 billion budgeted for the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion.
The funds would be used to cover $20 billion in defense cuts that will take effect in January, as part of the sequester. Republicans want take out part of health care reform that is working, and give it to one of the most wasteful, fraud-ridden government departments — the Pentagon.
It’s tempting to dismiss this as more tea-party-driven madness, and on some level it is madness. Yet, it’s also a calculated attack that reveals the dark, cold heart of conservatism.
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