Decreasing the Population by Cutting Medicaid

At least people talking around the internet do not have to guess what their senator thinks about Medicaid healthcare. One was bold enough and not afraid of elections to say it out in the open.

” for Heaven Sakes” is the right answer. Giving up your healthcare and joining them in not accepting government sponsored healthcare is the right action according to Joni Ernst. She adds . . .

“Well, we all are going to die.” Anyways, right?

Perhaps, that is what some political interests hope to happen by cutting Medicaid?

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“We’re at the point where a U.S. senator is saying healthcare and hunger don’t matter because we all die eventually.”

GOP’s Latest Pitch for Gutting Medicaid and Food Aid? ‘Well, We All Are Going to Die,’ Common Dreams

Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday brushed off her constituents’ concerns about the life-threatening consequences of her party’s proposed cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance, telling a town hall audience, “Well, we all are going to die.”

Ernst’s remark came after a person in the crowd warned that “people will die” if the safety net cuts proposed in the House-passed budget reconciliation package become law.

The Iowa senator began by waving away the crowd’s response, saying, “People are not… ” After trailing off, Ernst said facetiously that “we all are going to die.”

“So, for heaven’s sakes,” she added with a smile.

MAJOR BREAKING: In a shocking moment, Republican Senator Joni Ernst had the worst possible response when warned that cutting Medicaid would cause people to die: “Well, we all are going to die.”

The GOP health care plan is simple: suffer and die quietly. 

Ernst, echoing Republican leaders, repeatedly denied that the reconciliation bill would cut Medicaid or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, claiming the legislation only targets “overpayments” and those who are currently on the programs’ rolls but aren’t eligible.

Throughout the town hall, people in the audience called Ernst a “liar” and shouted in protest as she attempted to justify the reconciliation bill’s safety net cuts.

As written, the GOP measure includes roughly $1 trillion in combined cuts to Medicaid and SNAP—the largest-ever spending reductions for the programs—as well as draconian work reporting requirements  analysts say would strip benefits from millions of people across the country.

The bill also includes a provision that would require some low-income Americans to pay more for Medicaid benefits—an effective cut.

“We’re at the point where a U.S. senator is saying healthcare and hunger don’t matter because we all die eventually,” the progressive media organization More Perfect Union wrote on social media in response to Ernst’s comments.

“Joni Ernst is worth at least $7 million,” added the advocacy group Social Security Works. “She won’t die due to lack of healthcare. But she thinks you should.”

Research published earlier this month found that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has saved tens of thousands of lives since 2010—an indication that the severe Medicaid cuts included in the GOP reconciliation package could have deadly consequences.

The Center for American Progress recently estimated that the work requirements Republicans are seeking to impose on many Medicaid recipients “would lead to more than 21,600 avoidable deaths nationally each year.”

Common Dreams, Jake Johnson, Cutting Medicaid.

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Hey, isn’t this what it is all about for Republicans? Reduce the voting pool. Play to the income rich with tax breaks taken from the canceling of programs. Let those who rely on subsidized or “free” healthcare find another way for coverage. Get a job, get an extra one . . . and get by.

Some people do not give a damn. They got theirs . . . The rest of you? Well figure it out as to what the Republicans and Trump are really doing.