GOP opts for Medicaid compromise in battle between centrists and hardliners

[Dulcinea]

(CNN) House Republicans on Sunday night offered the first glimpse of their Medicaid overhaul plan, which is expected to cut billions of dollars to help finance President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts agenda.

Details of the plan, unveiled by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, show major new rules designed to cut spending. That includes work requirements for adults who are physically “capable” of working and more frequent eligibility checks for those relying on the program, which provides health insurance to low-income Americans.

But it does not appear to be the radical restructuring sought by many House GOP hardliners. Instead, it represents a compromise that the party’s more centrist members — and perhaps those across the Capitol in the Senate — may be more willing to support.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/11/politics/house-gop-budget-bill-medicaid

[Lovie777]

1. My gawd the GQP truly want us to suffer...............

while the rich keeps their tax cuts and manipulate the stock market. Fuck them.

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2. Bullshit article

Compromise my ass. They are still gutting Medicaid.

How about a compromise to not give billionaires 7 trillion dollars?

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Many people could lose their ability to work if they can't stay on Medicaid.

And Medicaid recipients working at minimum wage jobs are already working!

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4. Plus, it will take higher staffing levels to conduct more frequent eligibility reviews.

I suppose they'll just hire a bunch of MAGAt friends to serve as gatekeepers.

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5. The few states I've seen with so-called "work requirements," have many exceptions-- Disability, going to school, frail,

caring for children or adults, volunteering, looking for a job, obviously confined in nursing home or rehab, etc.

ACA picks up some people who might fall through the income level threshold cracks.

If our government would get off their rears and enact universal coverage, this wouldn't be a problem.

But, if the only way to preserve Medicaid is to enact some form of work requirement to make trump's rubes happy, I'd suggest compromising. Yeah, it's not needed, most beneficiaries already work or just can't because of disability, it's costly to monitor, etc.

Typical Work Requirements:

The primary requirement is to demonstrate engagement in at least 80 hours of qualifying activities per month, including employment, job training, education, or volunteering.

Common Exceptions to Medicaid Work Requirements:

--Physical or Mental Inability to Work: As determined by a physician or other medical professional, individuals are exempt if they cannot work due to physical or mental health conditions.

--Pregnancy: Individuals who are pregnant are exempt from work requirements.

--Parent or Caretaker of a Dependent Child: Parents or caregivers of dependent children are exempt.

--Parent or Caretaker of an Incapacitated Person: Individuals who are the primary caregivers of an incapacitated person are exempt.

--SNAP Work Requirements: Individuals complying with work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are exempt from Medicaid work requirements.

--Drug or Alcohol Treatment: Participants in drug or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation programs are exempt.

--Education: Students enrolled in an approved educational program at least half-time are exempt.

--"Good Cause" Exceptions: "good cause" exceptions for situations such as family emergencies, where an individual cannot fulfill the work requirement in a given month.

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6. They are peddling such a lie,

and that it is "welfare queens" are having ten kids by ten different fathers who make up Medicaid recipients. It is a LIE. It is those who are disabled and CAN'T work and, most of all, nursing home patients, who take the lion's share of Medicaid.

The GOP needs to stop with the bullshit. The "single parent" rhetoric of Medicaid recipients needs to die.