boutons_deux
01-22-2019, 01:27 PM
The Trump administration is reportedly finalizing a proposal to
begin dismantling Medicaid (https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/1/14/1826163/-Trump-administration-plans-to-bypass-Congress-block-grant-Medicaid),
bypassing Congress in the process.
The administration is considering fulfilling the long-held Republican dream of
turning the program into a block grant through a waiver process,
which would allow states to forego the normal funding stream for what the administration calls "flexibilty."
If states decide to use the block grants,
federal funding for the program will be capped, and
states would then be responsible for filling healthcare needs beyond that cap,
either by kicking people out of the program, or
reducing payments to the hospitals that care for the uninsured and to nursing homes.
"We have long voiced concerns about how
block granting Medicaid could ultimately result in losses of coverage and negatively impact access to quality care,"
"serious negative consequences for communities across America" unless alternative coverage for low-income Americans was guaranteed.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/21/1827149/-Hospitals-furious-at-Trump-s-Medicaid-block-grant-proposal?detail=emaildkre
Candidate Trash promised many time not ever to touch Medicaid, but the oligarchy says cutting $100Bs from Medicaid (Medicare, SS, etc) is how the oligarchy's govt offsets the $Ts in taxcuts for themselves.
Trash's "quid pro quo transaction" with the oligarchy obtains the oligarchy's $100Ms in 2020 campaign cash
begin dismantling Medicaid (https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/1/14/1826163/-Trump-administration-plans-to-bypass-Congress-block-grant-Medicaid),
bypassing Congress in the process.
The administration is considering fulfilling the long-held Republican dream of
turning the program into a block grant through a waiver process,
which would allow states to forego the normal funding stream for what the administration calls "flexibilty."
If states decide to use the block grants,
federal funding for the program will be capped, and
states would then be responsible for filling healthcare needs beyond that cap,
either by kicking people out of the program, or
reducing payments to the hospitals that care for the uninsured and to nursing homes.
"We have long voiced concerns about how
block granting Medicaid could ultimately result in losses of coverage and negatively impact access to quality care,"
"serious negative consequences for communities across America" unless alternative coverage for low-income Americans was guaranteed.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/21/1827149/-Hospitals-furious-at-Trump-s-Medicaid-block-grant-proposal?detail=emaildkre
Candidate Trash promised many time not ever to touch Medicaid, but the oligarchy says cutting $100Bs from Medicaid (Medicare, SS, etc) is how the oligarchy's govt offsets the $Ts in taxcuts for themselves.
Trash's "quid pro quo transaction" with the oligarchy obtains the oligarchy's $100Ms in 2020 campaign cash