When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36M in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital, officials were banking on its main funding source remaining stable: Medicaid.
That
is in jeopardy, as Trump +R-controlled Congress move to shrink the ~$900B #health program that covers >1 in 5 Americans.
Desoto CEO Eppler said MDCD cuts could make it harder for his hospital to repay the loans & for patients to access care.
"Republicans have managed to unite two health industry sectors normally at war — insurers and hospitals — by threatening to cut Medicaid.
Lobbyists for both industries, faced with the prospect of losing billions of dollars in fees, are scrambling to convince lawmakers that tens of millions of low-income Americans who rely on the program will suffer."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/insurers-providers-medicaid-cuts-00282418
Anti-empathy = death cult: the #DOJ's disgusting delay of #Abrego Garcia's return; the kidnapping of the #RumeysaOzturk #KhalilMahmoud's imprisonment; cuts to #Medicaid, #SocialSecurity, #Alzheimer's research & "So it Goes" to quote #Vonnegut.
"Trump's sociopathy now outranks the empathy of Jesus in MAGA eyes. But there's another angle to this, as well: This is about the MAGA right's unhinged obsession w/gender & escalating hatred of women."
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/
Anti-empathy = death cult: the #DOJ's disgusting delay of #Abrego Garcia's return; the kidnapping of the #RumeysaOzturk #KhalilMahmoud's imprisonment; cuts to #Medicaid, #SocialSecurity, #Alzheimer's research & "So it Goes" to quote #Vonnegut.
"Trump's sociopathy now outranks the empathy of Jesus in MAGA eyes. But there's another angle to this, as well: This is about the MAGA right's unhinged obsession w/gender & escalating hatred of women."
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/11/magas-on-empathy-exposes-misogynist-fears/
Before your US Senators vote to take money from the needy (cut Medicaid) and give to the rich (large tax cuts to the wealthiest), you could remind them of this or the saying in the attachment.
Matthew 19:21
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
: #democrats #jesus #jimmycarter #medicaid #uspol #uspolitics :
…Sens Murkowski & Collins joined Democrats last week to back a bipartisan amendment led by Sen Hawley that would have eliminated the #Medicaid cuts from the budget. Their effort failed after GOP leaders labored to ensure its defeat. A broader amendment *vowing* to *protect* Medicaid & #Medicare passed [meaningless platitudes].
…it will be nearly impossible for #Republicans to get to $1.5T in cuts w/o touching #Medicaid. Though #MikeJohnson suggested they would consider imposing work requirements & rooting out *waste, fraud & abuse*, those changes will not be enough to reach their target.
The conundrum #Senate #GOP leaders have been facing broke into the open last week when they pushed through a compromise #budget plan that included elements of one the #House passed in Feb that asks…Medicaid to find $880B in cuts.
The problem for #Republicans is that it is increasingly clear that some #GOP senators simply do not have the appetite for the kinds of deep cuts that their counterparts in the House are agitating for. In recent days they have expressed concerns about repealing the entirety of President Joe #Biden’s #InflationReductionAct & restricting access to #FoodStamps.
But no issue has drawn quite so much resistance as the prospect of cuts to #Medicaid.
CUTTING MEDICAID
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It is the Republican ideal to take from the needy and give to those who least need it.
: #democrats #economy #medicaid #useconomy #uspol #uspolitics :
The house #GOP just passed a #budget #plan that could force the largest #Medicaid #cuts ever ( $880 billions ), even after #Republican promised they wouldn't touch the program
youtube.com/shorts/xHcFc...
House GOP Just Greenlit the Bi...
US SENATOR PETER WELCH
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MUSK-Trump MALADMINISTRATION
Working for the Wealthy From Coast to Coast
House passes Republican budget framework paving way for Trump’s agenda
Here we go. Tax breaks for #oligarchs, tax increases for the rest of us, massive cuts to #medicaid
#felontrump #corruption #taxbreaksforoligarchs
#uspolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/10/trump-budget-bill-republicans-house
"Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don’t realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink.
One reason is that state programs aren’t always called “Medicaid.” Many states have rebranded their programs with consumer-friendly names...And nearly all states now use private insurance companies...to run their Medicaid programs."
https://stateline.org/2025/04/09/a-fifth-of-americans-are-on-medicaid-some-of-them-have-no-idea/
Dr Oz tells federal health workers AI could replace frontline doctors https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/mehmet-oz-doctors-ai #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Trumpadministration #UShealthcare #USMedicare #Technology #USpolitics #Medicaid #USnews
The Independent: #MikeJohnson calls budget vote despite #Republican anger over #Medicaid cuts and deficit (cost in bill to give tax breaks to the rich)
The House of #Representatives pulled an expected vote Wednesday night on the #Senate's #budgetblueprint as Republicans faced resistance from their own party — which several #GOP lawmakers warned would happen.
Sharing to @tellcongress
Tell Congress who protect access to healthcare for immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, and working-class families!
https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/114309537497487613
h/t @indivisibleteam
We can't let #Musk, #Trump, and their #Republican enablers in Congress to play politics with our healthcare! Tell your US Representative: NO CUTS TO #MEDICAID! We need affordable healthcare, not tax breaks for corporations!
#HandsOffOurMedicaid
