cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/29434986
Last month, Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that is expected to kick millions of Americans off of Medicaid and other forms of health insurance. The legislation includes over $800 million in cuts to Medicaid spending over the next 10 years, the largest in the program’s history. Now, as Republicans gear up for next year’s midterm elections, vulnerable lawmakers who supported the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” are attempting to recast themselves as protectors of the health care program they sent to the wood chipper.
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The most damning part of this whole affair, even if it’s not entirely “new,” is just how many elected officials claimed they didn’t know X, Y, and Z were in the bill before they voted for it. How could they be qualified to represent their constituents if they’re not even doing the bare minimum of reading the things they’re voting for? That should immediately disqualify them from holding office.