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February 12, 2025
Behind the “expense offset” language is more than $3 trillion cuts that reshape Americans’ access to health care.
Just eight days after the presidency, Donald Trump and his administration tried to end Medicaid 22 million Americans. All 50 states have been locked out of the Medicaid portal thanks to notes from Trump’s team. It was their first attempt to steal your health care, but it wasn’t their last.
Republicans recaptured the White House with a crystal clear fiscal agenda. Deeply cut tax cuts on the programs you and your family rely on and on Donald Trump and his billionaire kitchen cabinets.
What are the “cost-cutting” targets for the government’s distribution funding to cover the oligarchs? Healthcare, Healthcare, Healthcare.
Trump has already signed an executive order by retracting key aspects of former President Joe Biden’s work to strengthen Medicaid and affordable care laws. Trump has overturned Biden “The “reduce prescription drug costs for Americans” order is not surprising here, but rather focuses on drug costs for Americans.
It’s definitely not just Trump. When asked about Trump’s move to drive Medicaid off millions of Americans, Republican speaker Mike Johnson said, “I have full support for it.” At his confirmation hearing, Trump’s Pick, heading the agency that runs Medicaid. confusing Programs with Medicare I refused to say That healthcare is human rights.
House Budget Committee Chairman Geordie Arrington is circulating what Republican leaders call the “menu” of potential spending reductions. Behind the bureaucratic language of “expense offset” is a harsh reality. More than $3 trillion in proposed healthcare cuts that rebuild American access to healthcare, as we know, will have the biggest impact on children, seniors and rural communities.
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To understand what is actually at stake, we need to look past the point of the story to see how these changes occur in our community. Consider Medicaid: Four in ten Americans Rely on it for their health care. I’ll cover it 41% of all births In our country. Probably the most impressive, Five in 8 Residents of nursing homes rely on Medicaid to fund their care.
The proposed changes will fundamentally change this important program. The Republican plan would force state governments to make impossible choices by implementing per caps of spending and reducing federal support. The nation faces an inevitable triangle of pain: reducing profits, reducing the number of people covered, and increasing in-state taxes. There is no fourth option.
Country America endures Particularly heavy burden. Changes to Medicare in the budget committee’s plans will cut hospital payments in ways that threaten the survival of already struggling rural hospitals. Often, the only healthcare providers on the miles, these facilities operate with a thin margin of razors. When they close, they don’t just get health care with them. They take the economic centre of emergency services, work, and often the community.
In our city, safety net hospitals that serve our most vulnerable populations will face double blows. The plan cuts down both Medicare payments and support for uncompensated care. Already operating on the financial edge, these hospitals will face tough choices regarding reducing services or closing departments.
Here are some important things Democrats and all Americans need to know: Republican politicians carefully structured the plan to obscure their political responsibility. They don’t want you to know that they are responsible.
When your local hospital reduces services or closes, hospital officials become the person who makes the announcement. When states reduce Medicaid benefits or eligibility, the governor and state legislature will need to provide news. But don’t make any mistakes. These are controlled by the federal government, and therefore are forced to make choices, the inevitable outcome of Republican policy decisions.
The real impact cascades our community in ways that touch countless lives. Young family relying on Medicaid for their children’s asthma medication, country seniors who have to drive extra time for emergency care after local hospital closes, nursing home family suddenly fails to care Residents faced with possible choices.
That’s why this fight is so important. Groups such as the American Bridge 21st Century need to ensure that Americans understand their true interests. Its representatives cannot hide behind complex fundraising ceremonies or hold the state government accountable. We say that funding for the wealthy by cutting back health care for working families is actively making Republicans to soothe billionaires classes. You have to focus on reality.
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