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I don't whom it was but a Republican just said "we didn't cut Medicaid". Is it possible he really doesn't know Trumpcare does? How?

How can you defend something about which you are uninformed/ignorant? Either he lied or he doesn't know what he doesn't know and thinks he told the truth.

Posted - May 26, 2017
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  • 22891
    i dont think they cut medicaid since ive been getting it
      May 26, 2017 1:51 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    It isn't a law yet. I hasn't passed the Senate and won't in it's current form. It will take months but eventually if it is adopted you might be booted offMedicaid entirely.  Millions of people will lose it pearl. Thank you for your reply pearl. This post was edited by RosieG at May 28, 2017 6:57 AM MDT
      May 28, 2017 6:56 AM MDT
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  • 35597
    They did not cut Medicaid. They just did not increase it as much as was wanted/expected. 
      May 27, 2017 5:56 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    I read it was cut by 25% and millions of people won't be getting it. Thank you for your reply m2c.
      May 28, 2017 6:55 AM MDT
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  • 35597
    I had heard the same...but it is false news. There is no cut. Just a smaller increase than wanted.
      May 28, 2017 6:57 AM MDT
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  • 1128
    Good.  I know too many seniors, disabled and children whose lives literally depend on it. 
      May 28, 2017 7:01 AM MDT
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  • 35597
    Seniors and disabled have Medicare. Children and poor have Medicaid. But yes I know many as well.
      May 28, 2017 11:27 AM MDT
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  • 3191
    More than one-third of the total Medicaid spending (36%) is for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid, so yes, it would have a hefty impact upon the elderly and disabled as well. 

    http://AARP is concerned the cuts could jeopardize approximately 10 million people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid notably covers long-term care services, including home aides and nursing facilities, that Medicare does not. Thirty-six percent of total Medicaid spending goes to patients who also have Medicare, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/deep-medicaid-cuts-drive-backlash-house-health-care-bill-n755626
      May 28, 2017 12:10 PM MDT
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  • 35597
    Yes your are right many do have both programs. 
    But either way there is not cut....just not the increase wanted. 
      May 28, 2017 5:43 PM MDT
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  • 3191
    Hence the reason I said "would have".  If either the AHCA or the budget pass as proposed, which I highly doubt, it would impact some elderly and disabled.  If a different cut to Medicaid passes, it will depend on the details who is impacted. This post was edited by Bozette at May 28, 2017 7:12 PM MDT
      May 28, 2017 5:52 PM MDT
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  • 1128
    I am a senior citizen who is disabled and I have both Medicare and Medicaid. I receive SSDI and SSI because I DID work although I am disabled. My disability became worse and I no longer can work. When my children were young they could have received SSI due to having a disabled parent but I CHOSE to work instead.
      May 28, 2017 7:10 PM MDT
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  • 3191
    The House version of the bill passed by a very slim margin, just four votes.  The Senate can only lose two Republican votes and still pass the bill.  The article I linked to m2c above lists six Republican senators by name that are concerned about the Medicaid cut, and stated that others in addition to those six have concerns as well.  It is not a done deal.
      May 28, 2017 12:18 PM MDT
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