I find the above absolutely laughable coming from the right. I mean you guys have a system, it is amazing to watch. It has to start in the wee hours of the morning. Probably in some tower at Fox News. But by midmorning every one is on board. Bloggers, You tube channel high school dropout broadcasters, and of course, this message board. The singularity of messaging by the right is their greatest strength.
Take discussion of this bill. There are no Medicaid cuts, they are just kicking all the illegals off of Medicaid. Horseshit, not even close to true. Thom Tillis had it right. 663,000 residents of North Carolina kicked off Medicaid. Considering Trump won North Carolina by only 200,000 votes that seems a bit misguided. 26 billion dollars in additional state costs due to the bill. Transferring funding responsibilities to the state is NOT a cut, it is robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Rural hospitals are going to get hammered.
In Louisiana, 32 rural hospitals—or a majority of rural hospitals in the state—are serving a high concentration of Medicaid patients. A total of 33 hospitals are at risk based on serving a high share of Medicaid patients, experiencing negative total margins, or both. In Alaska and Kentucky, 44 percent of the rural hospitals with available Medicaid payer mix data serve high concentrations of Medicaid patients. In West Virginia, nearly a quarter of rural hospitals are serving high concentrations of Medicaid patients, and 15 percent of rural hospitals are at the highest relative risk of financial distress, per the financial distress index. In Alabama, 8 rural hospitals—nearly 20 percent of rural hospitals with available data—are in the highest relative risk category of financial distress. In Tennessee, 9 rural hospitals—or 18 percent of rural hospitals in the state with available data—have experienced 3 years of negative total margins,and 9 rural hospitals are at highest relative risk of financial distress.
Rural hospital closures will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of those that live in the affected communities regardless of rather they are on Medicare or not. This big, beautiful, bill will result in premature deaths, some estimates as many as 16,000. Cuts to SNAP benefits are projected to cost an an additional 93,000 premature deaths through 2039. Look, I understand, the purpose of the bill was to cut federal spending, well kind of sort of, but killing people off seems to be the chosen course of action.
No taxes on tips. What a sham that proposal is. A top line tax deduction of no more than $25,000. Hell, I made twice that in tips thirty flippin years ago. And I didn't pay federal income taxes on those tips. I will contend that most people who depend on tips for their income already don't pay federal income taxes on those tips. They do, however, pay the Social Security tax on those tips, and so does their employer. Not any more, and losing 25 grand off your yearly income is going to destroy your future Social Security benefit. And who benefits more, the server saving that Social Security tax or the employer, who saves just as much.
No taxes on Social Security? There is no such provision in this bill. It is just an extra deduction for those over 65. Retire early, take your Social Security, you get no relief here. I mean here is just a thought. Remove the earnings restrictions for those that retire early.
While I agree, Carville has kind of fallen out of the spotlight, his instincts are spot on here. Say you are a Trump supporter, a good Christian family, maybe you give back to the community by being a foster parent. Those foster children, many disabled, are on Medicaid. Those cuts, you pay for them. Eventually, you can't be a foster parent any longer.
You are on disability, have Medicare, Social Security, and a pretty decent pension. Maybe you even have long term disability payments coming in. When you do your taxes, yep, paying taxes on Social Security benefits. You got who doed as we say. Hundreds of thousands of people are going to realize that they got shafted. How that plays out in the midterms is anyone's guess. I tend to agree with Carville, it ain't going to be pretty.
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