Seymour Flops
Diamond Member
NPR had an interview with some Democrat strategist on the radio today. Sorry, no link to that since it was a radio show.
The strategists observation was that Democrats need to go after rural voters, with an emphasis on the damage that the Medicaid cuts will do to rural hospitals. Here is a related story from a few days ago before the BBB was passed:
The Senate bill would cut more than $1 trillion from the program and the latest report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates nearly 12 million people will lose health insurance if it becomes law. The plan would require able bodied adults to work 80 hours per month until age 65 to qualify for benefits, and would also cap and gradually reduce the tax states can impose on Medicaid providers.
"Medicaid cuts would place significant financial pressure on hospitals in rural states, where many hospitals are already at risk of closure. In more than half of states, reductions in Medicaid funding for rural hospitals would exceed 20%," according to the National Rural Health Association
I did not know that the government taxed Medicaid providers in this way to fund rural hospitals. So, this is a redistribution of wealth from the urban areas where wealth is created to rural areas, where food and other agri-products are produced. Also where many retirees live in order to avoid the high rents and taxes in urban areas.
Because of this wealth transfer, there are hospitals in rural areas whose populations demand for medical services might not support a hospital. The theory is that if these hospitals close and the rural residents who can vote will blame the GOP.
This may well resonate with some rural voters, but unless they actually see their hospital close - which will happen to very few - I doubt it will make them change their vote.
But what say you?
The strategists observation was that Democrats need to go after rural voters, with an emphasis on the damage that the Medicaid cuts will do to rural hospitals. Here is a related story from a few days ago before the BBB was passed:
The Senate bill would cut more than $1 trillion from the program and the latest report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates nearly 12 million people will lose health insurance if it becomes law. The plan would require able bodied adults to work 80 hours per month until age 65 to qualify for benefits, and would also cap and gradually reduce the tax states can impose on Medicaid providers.
"Medicaid cuts would place significant financial pressure on hospitals in rural states, where many hospitals are already at risk of closure. In more than half of states, reductions in Medicaid funding for rural hospitals would exceed 20%," according to the National Rural Health Association
I did not know that the government taxed Medicaid providers in this way to fund rural hospitals. So, this is a redistribution of wealth from the urban areas where wealth is created to rural areas, where food and other agri-products are produced. Also where many retirees live in order to avoid the high rents and taxes in urban areas.
Because of this wealth transfer, there are hospitals in rural areas whose populations demand for medical services might not support a hospital. The theory is that if these hospitals close and the rural residents who can vote will blame the GOP.
This may well resonate with some rural voters, but unless they actually see their hospital close - which will happen to very few - I doubt it will make them change their vote.
But what say you?
