Trump Voters & Non Voters-Voted to take The Safety Net away from their children & grandchildren
Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have made clear they are serious about repealing Obamacare, and doing so quickly. But dont assume their dismantling of government health insurance programs will stop there. For about two decades now, Republicans have been talking about radically changing the governments two largest health insurance programs, Medicaid and Medicare.
The goal with Medicaid is to turn the program almost entirely over to the states, but with less money to run it. The goal with Medicare is to convert it from a government-run insurance program into a voucher system ― while, once again, reducing the money that goes into the program.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has championed these ideas for years. Trump has not. In fact, in a 2015 interview his campaign website highlighted, he vowed that Im not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid. But
the health care agenda on Trumps transition website, which went live Thursday, vows to modernize Medicare and allow more flexibility for Medicaid.
The Administration recognizes that the problems with the U.S. health care system did not begin with and will not end with the repeal of the ACA. With the assistance of Congress and working with the States, as appropriate, the Administration will act to:
Protect individual conscience in healthcare
Protect innocent human life from conception to natural death, including the most defenseless and those Americans with disabilities
Advance research and development in healthcare
Reform the Food and Drug Administration, to put greater focus on the need of patients for new and innovative medical products
Modernize Medicare, so that it will be ready for the challenges with the coming retirement of the Baby Boom generation and beyond
Maximize flexibility for States in administering Medicaid, to enable States to experiment with innovative methods to deliver healthcare to our low-income citizens
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/16/1600307/-Ignore-Bannon-It-is-a-Medicare-Medicaid-Obamacare-bait-switch
In Washington, those are euphemisms for precisely the kind of Medicare and Medicaid plans Ryan has long envisioned. And while its never clear what Trump really thinks or how hell act,
it sure looks like both he and congressional Republicans are out to undo Lyndon Johnsons health care legacy, not just Barack Obamas.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamacare-medicaid-medicare-gop-chopping-block_us_582a19b8e4b060adb56fbae7