The War of Words Over Medicaid Cuts
Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of “lying” about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid, and both sides have made misleading or speculative comments.
There’s little doubt the health care program would face cuts under the plan — and it would have to if Medicare cuts are off limits.
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“Look, everybody needs to watch the process play out,” Johnson said. “It’s going to take us five or six weeks, probably, to dig through all those details and come up with the final proposal.”
Problem is we have been watching a lot of things play out and they have not been very desirable…people loosing their jobs, agencies closing, pulling out of associations with long term allies, aligning with long term enemies, rising food costs, and the list goes on.
Cutting the broader agency and not specifying in which program(s) the cuts will be made is a distraction mechanism. It sets up arguments that are not constructive or enlightening while the government is dismantled.