Senate GOP Restores Medicaid Cuts to Trump Tax Package

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Senate Republicans restored major Medicaid cuts to Donald Trump’s signature economic legislation, re-fashioning a key provision to overcome a procedural obstacle.

Spending cuts to the health insurance program for the poor and disabled partially offset revenue losses from tax cuts in the measure and are a crucial demand of GOP fiscal conservatives.

The revision helps Republicans shore up the spending cuts they need to fund the bill, but it could also alienate three crucial senators — Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina — who have been pushing to scale back the Medicaid cuts.

Senate Republican Leader John Thune is trying to navigate competing demands from conservatives and moderates as he rushes to pass the massive tax and spending package to meet a July 4 deadline Trump has set for congressional approval.

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/senate-republicans-restore-medicaid-cuts-161131357.html

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Greedy Old Pigs want to give a tax break to those who don't need it while screwing over everyone else in the process.

[J_William_Ryan]

1. "Spending cuts to the health insurance program for the poor and disabled..."

As well as retired Americans – many of whom voted for Trump because eggs were ‘too expensive.’

Now they’ll have neither eggs nor health insurance.

[SalamanderSleeps]

2. funny thing 🤣

I was thinking about buying a pistol today.

[slightlv]

4. Hubby and I had the same conversation a couple of days ago.

But both my grandson and I fight depression, and he's AD&D on top of that; so we've decided against having one in the house... at least for now. We're okay as long as the meds schedule is adhered to... but having such a definitive "solution" is one temptation too many AFAIC. I could see us changing our minds in the future, if the hell on earth we're beginning to experience now gets worse (and we know it will).

We've got CoreCivic wanting to build a new detention (re: deportation) center here... we're marching against it on 7/19. Tempers run high when you're talking jobs and money...

[SalamanderSleeps]

5. In my perfect world we would all have our weapons kept in a small armory located in our local library.

[Iris]

7. As a librarian, I say, "Not my job"

[SalamanderSleeps]

8. As an old soldier, "Not my job." Makes "shush" sound kind of stupid.

I hate it when people get the joke then decide not to laugh.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. AD&D?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. July 4 or what? He'll primary all 54 Senators? Primary all but a few Representatives? Fart in their general direction?