Proposed GOP Medicaid cuts could hit these red states hardest - eviltoast
Proposed GOP Medicaid Cuts Could Hit These Red States Hardest
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Republican lawmakers sound antsy about cutting a program that benefits many of their own constituents.

Summary

Republican lawmakers plan to fund tax cuts and defense spending by cutting Medicaid, despite risks of backlash from their own constituents.

Medicaid provides health coverage to 72 million Americans, including many in GOP strongholds like Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, West Virginia, and Arkansas.

While some Republicans express concern, no senator has openly opposed the cuts. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggests work requirements to limit Medicaid benefits.

Democrats warn of devastating impacts, recalling GOP struggles after past Medicaid cuts. Legal battles over work requirements continue, with Arkansas pushing to reinstate them under a potential Trump administration.

  • robbinhood@lemmy.world
    29·
    10 hours ago

    Deep red states have long relied on wealthier, mostly blue states for hand outs. Without that flow of money many of those states would sink into underdeveloped status.

    Edit: and if red states want to take a chainsaw to their own legs by turning off the money tap themselves, well have fun with that.