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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(126,147 posts)
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 07:41 PM Jun 29

Senate GOP Restores Medicaid Cuts to Trump Tax Package

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



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

(2,863 posts)
1. "Spending cuts to the health insurance program for the poor and disabled..."
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 07:48 PM
Jun 29

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.

slightlv

(6,137 posts)
4. Hubby and I had the same conversation a couple of days ago.
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 09:38 PM
Jun 29

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

(913 posts)
5. In my perfect world we would all have our weapons kept in a small armory located in our local library.
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 09:51 PM
Jun 29

SalamanderSleeps

(913 posts)
8. As an old soldier, "Not my job." Makes "shush" sound kind of stupid.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:21 PM
Jun 30

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

Iris

(16,508 posts)
9. Sorry. I read gobs of research about how much unpaid social work is heaped onto librarians and how it impacts them.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 06:37 AM
Jul 1

Last edited Tue Jul 1, 2025, 07:20 AM - Edit history (1)

When society doesn't want to deal with a social problem, it often gets heaped onto libraries. Since this is a political forum, I don't see why I should be expected to laugh at something that hits at a hard truth that a lot of people are not aware of.

On edit: to be honest, the image of the front desk check out scenario, does make me laugh, though!

SalamanderSleeps

(913 posts)
10. checking out "A horse and his boy" along with the family's shot gun...
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 09:04 AM
Jul 1

.... just seems to make sense in these troubled times.

Please just keep laughing.

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,178 posts)
3. July 4 or what? He'll primary all 54 Senators? Primary all but a few Representatives? Fart in their general direction?
Sun Jun 29, 2025, 08:32 PM
Jun 29

Paper Roses

(7,550 posts)
14. I'm in Duck Soup! Trying to live on S.S. NOt possible
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:04 PM
Jul 1

As a very senior, a widow and without funds,. I guess I'll die.
Without Medicare and S S, I am lost. Maybe I'll just forget about the fact that I worked all my life and expected things to be different. How naive am I?

Best of luck to those for whom this is not an issue. Keep enjoying your Filet Mignon while millions of us have nothing.
Can you tell how much I hate trump and his minions? Hope he chokes on his next burger.
Damn!

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