Emboldened By Election, Texas Republicans Kill Medicaid Fundings For Kids With Disabilities

[hrmjustin]

JAMESON PARKER

It’s been a noted repeatedly that many Republicans, particularly ones stuck in poverty or in need of government assistance, vote time and again against their own self-interests. Whether it’s being exploited by the Christian Right’s fear-mongering about gay marriage or Donald Trump’s fear-mongering about immigrants, these voters support the party that doesn’t support them.

And if that’s not infuriating enough, they just helped re-elect a party that is going after their children, particularly the most vulnerable of them. Texas, a state that for a brief moment during the election looked like it might reject Trump and go blue, instead stuck with Republicans. And this is what they got.

In an all-out assault on the social safety net, Texas Republicans have seized the opportunity to finalize and enact a series of brutal budget cuts. Naturally, when this group of GOPers went looking for places to save money, they focused on programs that helped the poor – welfare and Medicaid. The cuts into medical help were particularly egregious – $350 million evaporated from Medicaid funding in an instant. That means less financial help for the sick. Less coverage for the poor. Less preventative care. Less reimbursements for costly medical procedures. Less lives saved.

http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/emboldened-by-election-texas-republicans-kill-medicaid-funding-for-kids-with-disabilities/

Republicans don't give a shit about you!

[onecaliberal]

1. And there you have it

[AgadorSparticus]

7. Yep. Speaks volumes...

[workinclasszero]

21. And so it begins

The Trump republican dark age.

[okieinpain]

24. +1 n/t

[TwilightZone]

2. That's been the plan for much longer than that.

They've been tossing these cuts around our local media for several months now. They were going to pass them, either way.

[underpants]

5. Ableism

That's a term that I was not familiar with until I read that Steve Bannon is apparently very much and ableist.

[TwilightZone]

8. Kind of ironic, considering our governor is in a wheelchair.

He's also a worthless piece of shit, but that's a bit beside the point. It's not as though he can't afford medical care.

[nini]

3. Fuck them up one side and down the other

When you go after the most vulnerable you are a special kind of disgusting.

[underpants]

4. Oh god

Friends of ours have son with a very rare condition (Angelmans) and without Medicaid getting him therapy would be impossible. He has started having seizures recently too.

[n2doc]

6. "Hey, Useless Eaters! Just Die already!"

The true belief system of Republicans.

[YOHABLO]

16. Actually the entity that's the ''useless eaters" is the MIC.

More ships, planes, to fight more wars. This is what fascists do. I'd say it's time to throw down.

[workinclasszero]

22. They won't be "useless" once god emperor Dump starts up his wars

The MIC will devour the poor in the tens of thousands.

[SHRED]

9. Sick sick sick

[Afromania]

10. Reap The Whirlwind

This is what they have voted for over and over and over again.

[sarcasmo]

11. Bury your fetus, F- the living.

[Runningdawg]

12. And so it begins

pile the bodies up outside the TX state house.

[stevenleser]

13. Verified by mainstream media

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/28/texas-quietly-moves-forward-cuts-therapy-services/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1480698989

[mountain grammy]

14. and that's because they're so pro life.

[YOHABLO]

17. Oh well you know once outside the womb, you're on your own.

If your parents are poor, than too bad. No education, no healthcare, no food. Forgetaboutit.

[greymattermom]

15. will they be out begging now?

Right in front of the legislative offices, I hope.

[Achilleaze]

18. Repukes are popping solid-gold champagne corks !!!

The more disabled children they can throw under their freakin Golden FatCat Bus, the more tax breaks they can give to the 1% (R) !

[vlyons]

19. God Damned evil Republicans don't care who they hurt

They're all a bunch of criminals and Fascists. So when to they start rounding up then disabled to send to the euthanasia camps? Fucking Nazis. Of course, denying access to health care is pretty much euthanasia for many of them. Evil evil evil people. There's gotta be a special place in Hell for these assholes.

Dante's 4th circle of Hell for greed and avarice where greedy sinners push push big heavy rocks together

[Kittycow]

28. Those sort of look like elephant carcasses piled up. .

[Skittles]

20. this happened a while ago

the results, of course, have been very bad indeed - so bad, it has made the sociopathic repukes admit it "may have been a mistake"

[leftyladyfrommo]

23. Why do people live in Texas?

[lpbk2713]

25. It was an easy choice for them.

Their kids don't rely on Medicaid.

[Nonhlanhla]

26. These are the same people

who will throw a fit if someone aborts a disabled fetus.

[lonestarnot]

27. Good old piliCON death legislatures.

[eShirl]

29. Retroactive abortion.

Make them own it.

[MFM008]

30. Let the lawsuits begin

!!!!!

[RKP5637]

31. Next they can look forward to Medicare and Social Security F'ed around with until worthless.

As one of my friends said, hope to live long and healthy and if sick to die quickly. I still think about half of this nation is totally incapable of even slightly comprehending what they voted in with great glee.

[Cha]

32. And, yet they keep getting voted in.