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Glorfindel

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11. But a very great many people who will be affected by the Medicaid cuts DID vote for the pukes

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 10:49 PM

Dec 2017

They just haven't thought through the consequences. Most people in nursing homes are covered by Medicaid. When the idiots who elected tRump and the other pukes have to start paying to keep their 85-year-old mother* in the nursing home, the harsh reality of their ignorance will strike home. Five to seven thousand dollars a month will do that for you, rather quickly. And I have no - zero - sympathy for those who voted for pukes.

(*85-year-old mother is only an example. LOTS of people in nursing homes who are covered by Medicaid are not 85-year-old mothers.)

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$179Billion in Medicaid cuts in the "Tax Cut" bill [View all] Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 OP

More like "that's the effect given a particular cause." Igel Dec 2017 #1

She said it was a reduction in spending. The health care bill WAS, in fact, a reduction in spending. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #16

I worked in Mental health for many many years. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #20

And it was probably all Orrin could do to avoid giving the "they wasted their money" speech again. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #2

It will destroy rural clinics and hospitals. roamer65 Dec 2017 #3

Kiss all those small town critical access hospital's goodbye and enjoy your stupid vote for trump elehhhhna Dec 2017 #13

ERs will be over loaded. Iliyah Dec 2017 #4

People will die. That is the point. Old people and sick children are useless eaters. Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #6

The corporations and the wealthy buy the politicians so what do we expect? jalan48 Dec 2017 #5

According to Republicans, asking the wealthy to pay their fair share is the all dreaded, and to be -Steph- Dec 2017 #7

How can that ever be OK BittyJenkins Dec 2017 #8

The GOP wants to punish the people who did not vote for them, plainly political abuse of power, ... L. Coyote Dec 2017 #9

But a very great many people who will be affected by the Medicaid cuts DID vote for the pukes Glorfindel Dec 2017 #11

My nursing home my mother lived in had young people living there. Demtexan Dec 2017 #12

Yes. I think some don't realize that. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #17

The 22 year old was playing withna gun. Demtexan Dec 2017 #18

Oh, no. But...they didn't pull the plug? Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #19

I guess the family wanted to keep him around. Demtexan Dec 2017 #21

Oh, how awful. What a tragic situation. I'm so sorry to hear that. Honeycombe8 Dec 2017 #22

My Mother needed a nursing home. Demtexan Dec 2017 #23

2018 bdamomma Dec 2017 #10

Historically, a thriving middle class keeps the 1% in check. haele Dec 2017 #14

The fat cats need to rethink this. If the po' folk die off, who'll be the maids and gardeners? Vinca Dec 2017 #15