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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuietly, Trump and Republicans Are Gunning to Destroy Medicaid
Quietly, Trump and Republicans Are Gunning to Destroy MedicaidDeirdre Fulton
Common Dreams
Medicaid, the nation's healthcare program for the poor and disabled, is on the chopping block under President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congressand it will take "intense focus by progressives" to ensure it doesn't meet a dire fate.
In fact, former National Economic Council director Gene B. Sperling wrote Sunday in a New York Times op-ed, "if Democrats focus too much of their attention on Medicare, they may inadvertently assist the quieter war on Medicaidone that could deny health benefits to millions of children, seniors, working families, and people with disabilities."
"Neither Mr. Trump nor Senate Republicans may have the stomach to fully own the political risks of Medicare privatization," he continued. "But not only have Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Tom Price, Mr. Trump's choice for secretary of health and human services, made proposals to deeply cut Medicaid through arbitrary block grants or 'per capita caps,' during the campaign, Mr. Trump has also proposed block grants."
Just this month, Vice President-elect Mike Pence told ABC: "With regard to Medicaid...there's a real opportunity, there's a real opportunity as we repeal and replace Obamacare to do exactly what the president-elect also said on the campaign, and that is block granting Medicaid back to the states."
In fact, former National Economic Council director Gene B. Sperling wrote Sunday in a New York Times op-ed, "if Democrats focus too much of their attention on Medicare, they may inadvertently assist the quieter war on Medicaidone that could deny health benefits to millions of children, seniors, working families, and people with disabilities."
"Neither Mr. Trump nor Senate Republicans may have the stomach to fully own the political risks of Medicare privatization," he continued. "But not only have Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Tom Price, Mr. Trump's choice for secretary of health and human services, made proposals to deeply cut Medicaid through arbitrary block grants or 'per capita caps,' during the campaign, Mr. Trump has also proposed block grants."
Just this month, Vice President-elect Mike Pence told ABC: "With regard to Medicaid...there's a real opportunity, there's a real opportunity as we repeal and replace Obamacare to do exactly what the president-elect also said on the campaign, and that is block granting Medicaid back to the states."
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Quietly, Trump and Republicans Are Gunning to Destroy Medicaid (Original Post)
portlander23
Dec 2016
OP
'per capita caps' would deny people with disabilities any long-term care at all.
KamaAina
Dec 2016
#4
bdamomma
(63,652 posts)1. Screwing the American people is on his agenda
and he wants people to move on from the Russian hacking????? he is delusional isn't he?
GP6971
(31,016 posts)3. Unfortunately
he's well past the delusional stage.
Matthew28
(1,796 posts)2. The poor will
be far poorer and forced onto the street at far higher rates without this. This is what the rich wants as they can then get rid of the minimum wage and fill factories with low paid serfs.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. 'per capita caps' would deny people with disabilities any long-term care at all.
Whether community-based or in a nursing home.