Trump EO = 20 States Stop Medicaid Benefits - Millions At Risk Of Dying

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

I can’t stay silent while millions of people stand on the brink of losing the coverage that keeps them alive. The recent executive order to freeze federal grants, which effectively guts Medicaid funding, is a direct assault on anyone who depends on these benefits to survive. It’s not just bureaucratic red tape; it’s a life-or-death matter for seniors in nursing homes, individuals in hospice care, and people of all ages who require medications like insulin just to get through the day.

Seniors and individuals with disabilities in long-term care facilities rely heavily on Medicaid as their primary source of payment. If federal matching funds are paused, those facilities could lose a major portion of their reimbursement. That leaves nursing homes and hospice services scrambling to reduce staff, limit available beds, or even shut their doors. The ripple effects would be disastrous. People could be uprooted from the places they call home, cut off from caregivers who know their needs, and forced into chaotic, sometimes life-threatening transfers.

Then there are the millions of low-income individuals who rely on Medicaid to cover crucial medications. The cost of something like insulin should never stand between a person and their next breath, yet without Medicaid, it can. When people lose coverage, they skip prescriptions, their conditions deteriorate, and they end up in emergency rooms, assuming they make it that far. This so-called “freeze” on funding doesn’t eliminate healthcare needs; it only makes them more expensive and more dangerous by pushing people to seek crisis care rather than preventive treatment.

I reject this psychotic policy for many reasons. First, there is a basic moral responsibility to ensure that no one is cast aside when it comes to healthcare, especially not the elderly, the disabled, or the chronically ill. Second, it’s a reckless economic gamble. Cutting people off from preventive care does nothing but explode healthcare costs in the long run.And third, it’s the height of cruelty that we can find endless resources for corporate bailouts and tax breaks for the wealthy yet claim there’s no money for the most vulnerable among us.

This isn’t about abstract numbers or political talking points. It’s about real people whose lives are hanging in the balance. I vehemently condemn any action that strips Medicaid funding from those who depend on it for basic survival. I call on every official with a conscience, from state attorneys general to local representatives, to challenge this order in court and to work tirelessly to protect the people they swore to serve. You don’t play budgetary games with people’s health and lives. If there’s enough money to prop up corporations, there is absolutely no justification for turning our backs on the millions who rely on Medicaid for dignity, stability, and, quite literally, their next breath.

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Trump’s Federal Grant Freeze Threatens Medicaid Funding

The pause has raised concerns among health officials and state leaders, as the vague wording leaves billions in Medicaid funding at risk, potentially disrupting coverage for millions of Americans.

www.ajmc.com

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Could Hit New York Hard

State Attorney General Letitia James and counterparts sue to ensure Medicaid and other dollars continue to flow.

www.thecity.nyc

Trump freezes federal grants with big potential impact on providers, Medicaid

Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening funding for providers and creating significant uncertainty for Medicaid payments to states.

www.healthcaredive.com

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Kookapalooza.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

You'll care when you need healthcare and your private health insurance tells you to F-OFF or demands thousands in deductibles or co-payments you can't make. You won't have the Medicaid option, which saves lives.

Don’t be so harsh on Obamacare.

 

[Modern Messiah]

Are you a millionaire or a billionaire?

Are you a leftist?
Asking for a friend.

 

[TruthNotBS]

Healthcare was still expensive and denials of coverage were just as high before Obama.

 

[TruthNotBS]

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The Medicaid online portal was shut down in all 50 states. They now know they can't shutdown Medicaid, anymore than Medicare.

 

[SeaMajor7]

There goes grandma off the cliff, AGAIN.
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Same old song and dance from the demented LEFT.

 

[SmokeALib]

You're definitely an idiot. Are you an all-powerful being who floats above the rest of us? No one lives in a vacuum or is completely independent (Only God is). You depend on the roads you drive on, the police force and the courts that protect your property, and the entire system that ensures your paycheck doesn’t bounce. You rely on the farmers, the truckers, the grocery store workers, and everyone else who makes modern life possible.

Unless you’re extremely wealthy, you probably rely on health insurance, public or private, to handle the enormous cost of serious medical problems. If you land in the hospital with a massive bill, are you just going to whip out your wallet and pay it in cash? If not, then you’re depending on someone else.

When you’re old enough for Social Security or Medicare, you’ll gladly collect it, and chances are you’ll receive more than you put in. That’s how insurance and social programs work: you pay in during good times so that help is there when you need it in an emergeny.

No one’s stopping you from opting out of any of this. If you’re as self-sufficient as you claim, go ahead and pay all your own medical costs without any insurance, out of pocket, in full. Maybe sell everything you own to cover a major procedure. Otherwise, you’re benefiting from the same social structures you’re telling everyone else to reject. You’re not God, and you’re not on an island by yourself. You rely on society and other people every single day, just like the rest of us. You're a delusional moron for thinking otherwise.

You're the idiot. You're the one that needs a huge, unaccountable, and bankrupt government to think and do for you. That is not what this government is for. Now, go take a long walk on a short pier.

 

[Independent thinker]

I can’t stay silent while millions of people stand on the brink of losing the coverage that keeps them alive. The recent executive order to freeze federal grants, which effectively guts Medicaid funding, is a direct assault on anyone who depends on these benefits to survive. It’s not just bureaucratic red tape; it’s a life-or-death matter for seniors in nursing homes, individuals in hospice care, and people of all ages who require medications like insulin just to get through the day.

Seniors and individuals with disabilities in long-term care facilities rely heavily on Medicaid as their primary source of payment. If federal matching funds are paused, those facilities could lose a major portion of their reimbursement. That leaves nursing homes and hospice services scrambling to reduce staff, limit available beds, or even shut their doors. The ripple effects would be disastrous. People could be uprooted from the places they call home, cut off from caregivers who know their needs, and forced into chaotic, sometimes life-threatening transfers.

Then there are the millions of low-income individuals who rely on Medicaid to cover crucial medications. The cost of something like insulin should never stand between a person and their next breath, yet without Medicaid, it can. When people lose coverage, they skip prescriptions, their conditions deteriorate, and they end up in emergency rooms, assuming they make it that far. This so-called “freeze” on funding doesn’t eliminate healthcare needs; it only makes them more expensive and more dangerous by pushing people to seek crisis care rather than preventive treatment.

I reject this psychotic policy for many reasons. First, there is a basic moral responsibility to ensure that no one is cast aside when it comes to healthcare, especially not the elderly, the disabled, or the chronically ill. Second, it’s a reckless economic gamble. Cutting people off from preventive care does nothing but explode healthcare costs in the long run.And third, it’s the height of cruelty that we can find endless resources for corporate bailouts and tax breaks for the wealthy yet claim there’s no money for the most vulnerable among us.

This isn’t about abstract numbers or political talking points. It’s about real people whose lives are hanging in the balance. I vehemently condemn any action that strips Medicaid funding from those who depend on it for basic survival. I call on every official with a conscience, from state attorneys general to local representatives, to challenge this order in court and to work tirelessly to protect the people they swore to serve. You don’t play budgetary games with people’s health and lives. If there’s enough money to prop up corporations, there is absolutely no justification for turning our backs on the millions who rely on Medicaid for dignity, stability, and, quite literally, their next breath.

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Trump’s Federal Grant Freeze Threatens Medicaid Funding

The pause has raised concerns among health officials and state leaders, as the vague wording leaves billions in Medicaid funding at risk, potentially disrupting coverage for millions of Americans.

www.ajmc.com

Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze Could Hit New York Hard

State Attorney General Letitia James and counterparts sue to ensure Medicaid and other dollars continue to flow.

www.thecity.nyc

Trump freezes federal grants with big potential impact on providers, Medicaid

Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening funding for providers and creating significant uncertainty for Medicaid payments to states.

www.healthcaredive.com

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There are many getting Medicaid who are just gaming the system.

 

[TruthNotBS]

There are many getting Medicaid who are just gaming the system.

So what you're really saying is that people should suffer, even die, just because they can’t afford healthcare? That they should be punished for not being rich enough to pay out of pocket? Because that’s exactly what your argument boils down to.

The reality is, no one should have to “game the system” to get medical care. Healthcare should be a basic human right, just like education, clean water, or the right to defend yourself. But in this country, the system is deliberately set up to be a trap, either you’re too poor to afford treatment, or you’re just “too rich” to qualify for assistance, and the middle ground is a slow financial bleed that leaves people bankrupt, desperate, or dead.

My stepfather when he was in his 50s, approximately 20 years ago, lived that reality. He worked his ass off as a machinist since his teens, breathing in toxic fumes from CNC machines in a non-union shop where his employer cut corners on safety. That’s the kind of “freedom” you’re defending, right? The freedom for companies to exploit workers and toss them aside when they get sick. He made over $40 an hour, yet when he was diagnosed with Addison’s disease, his private insurance, after years of collecting his premiums, turned around and denied him coverage for critical treatments. They essentially told him to F-OFF.

So what was he supposed to do? Just roll over and die because you want him to? He had to become dirt poor just to qualify for Medicaid, because the system put him in an impossible position, too much money to qualify, too little to survive. That’s what your argument is defending. A system that forces hard-working people to intentionally lose everything just to get life-saving care. And then you have the nerve to sit there and blame them for doing what they had to do?

No, the problem isn’t the people. The problem is the system itself. It’s a rigged game designed to squeeze every last cent out of working people while making sure they have as few rights, protections, and options as possible. It’s a system that works perfectly, for the corporations and insurance companies that profit off of suffering.

So spare me the fake outrage about “gaming the system.” The real scam is the fact that people have to play at all.

 

[Independent thinker]

So what you're really saying is that people should suffer, even die, just because they can’t afford healthcare? That they should be punished for not being rich enough to pay out of pocket? Because that’s exactly what your argument boils down to.

The reality is, no one should have to “game the system” to get medical care. Healthcare should be a basic human right, just like education, clean water, or the right to defend yourself. But in this country, the system is deliberately set up to be a trap, either you’re too poor to afford treatment, or you’re just “too rich” to qualify for assistance, and the middle ground is a slow financial bleed that leaves people bankrupt, desperate, or dead.

My stepfather when he was in his 50s, approximately 20 years ago, lived that reality. He worked his ass off as a machinist since his teens, breathing in toxic fumes from CNC machines in a non-union shop where his employer cut corners on safety. That’s the kind of “freedom” you’re defending, right? The freedom for companies to exploit workers and toss them aside when they get sick. He made over $40 an hour, yet when he was diagnosed with Addison’s disease, his private insurance, after years of collecting his premiums, turned around and denied him coverage for critical treatments. They essentially told him to F-OFF.

So what was he supposed to do? Just roll over and die because you want him to? He had to become dirt poor just to qualify for Medicaid, because the system put him in an impossible position, too much money to qualify, too little to survive. That’s what your argument is defending. A system that forces hard-working people to intentionally lose everything just to get life-saving care. And then you have the nerve to sit there and blame them for doing what they had to do?

No, the problem isn’t the people. The problem is the system itself. It’s a rigged game designed to squeeze every last cent out of working people while making sure they have as few rights, protections, and options as possible. It’s a system that works perfectly, for the corporations and insurance companies that profit off of suffering.

So spare me the fake outrage about “gaming the system.” The real scam is the fact that people have to play at all.

Yes, people who are gaming the system should suffer.

 

[TNHarley]

You people are belligerent dumbfucks

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/trumps-federal-grant-pause-confusion-medicaid-funding/index.html

The portal went down and medicare employees started freaking out, but got access hours later.
Medicare and medicaid and such are EXEMPT.
Grow the fuck up.

 

[TruthNotBS]

Yes, people who are gaming the system should suffer.

The system must be changed and if anyone should suffer it's right-wing scumbags like you.

 

[TruthNotBS]

You people are belligerent dumbfucks

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/trumps-federal-grant-pause-confusion-medicaid-funding/index.html

The portal went down and medicare employees started freaking out, but got access hours later.
Medicare and medicaid and such are EXEMPT.
Grow the fuck up.

Social Security and Medicare were originally excluded and preserved, because the baby boomers/retirees are a better-funded and organized demographic, politically, with much more political power than poor people on Medicaid. They figured they were going to eliminate Medicaid, which is paid to states by the federal government, as block grants. The whole system without warning was off-line, in all 50 states, something that had never happened before. All 50 states, being locked out of Medicaid, at once? No, this was a foolish attempt by the right-wing sociopaths to temporarily or perhaps even permanently, eliminate Medicaid.

Due to the uproar, they decided not to touch Medicaid. Good move right-wingers, because when people start dying from not having access to their medications covered by their Medicaid, and can't receive vital, needed medical care, getting sicker or dying - people's loved ones are suffering - that's the political collapse of the GOP. FIN.

 

[TNHarley]

Social Security and Medicare were originally excluded and preserved, because the baby boomers/retirees are a better-funded and organized demographic, politically, with much more political power than poor people on Medicaid. They figured they were going to eliminate Medicaid, which is paid to states by the federal government, as block grants. The whole system without warning was off-line, in all 50 states, something that had never happened before. All 50 states, being locked out of Medicaid, at once? No, this was a foolish attempt by the right-wing sociopaths to temporarily or perhaps even permanently, eliminate Medicaid.

Due to the uproar, they decided not to touch Medicaid. Good move right-wingers, because when people start dying from not having access to their medications covered by their Medicaid, and can't receive vital, needed medical care, getting sicker or dying - people's loved ones are suffering - that's the political collapse of the GOP. FIN.

Ok, so continue to make shit up and believe it as truth. I dont give a fuck

 

[TruthNotBS]

Ok, so continue to make shit up and believe it as truth. I dont give a fuck

It's not made up. All of the medical providers were locked out of Medicaid for many hours, all at once, in every state. That's an accident after Trump signed that EO? No. I have a bridge to sell you here in Brooklyn.

 

[22lcidw]

Social Security and Medicare were originally excluded and preserved, because the baby boomers/retirees are a better-funded and organized demographic, politically, with much more political power than poor people on Medicaid. They figured they were going to eliminate Medicaid, which is paid to states by the federal government, as block grants. The whole system without warning was off-line, in all 50 states, something that had never happened before. All 50 states, being locked out of Medicaid, at once? No, this was a foolish attempt by the right-wing sociopaths to temporarily or perhaps even permanently, eliminate Medicaid.

Due to the uproar, they decided not to touch Medicaid. Good move right-wingers, because when people start dying from not having access to their medications covered by their Medicaid, and can't receive vital, needed medical care, getting sicker or dying - people's loved ones are suffering - that's the political collapse of the GOP. FIN.

Meanwhile in China they are producing products several times cheaper than we can easily. And selling us our own rope for a hanging.

 

[TNHarley]

It's not made up. All of the medical providers were locked out of Medicaid for many hours, all at once, in every state. That's an accident after Trump signed that EO? No. I have a bridge to sell you here in Brooklyn.

The Medicaid portal was shut down. That means no one could access the medicaid portal. This isnt rocket science, mr. tinfoil hat.

 

[TruthNotBS]

The Medicaid portal was shut down. That means no one could access the medicaid portal. This isnt rocket science, mr. tinfoil hat.

That has never happened before, all at once, without warning, for as long as it did, in all 50 states. I hope you're right sir. Really.

 

[Independent thinker]

The system must be changed and if anyone should suffer it's right-wing scumbags like you.

How do you want to change the system?

 

[Zincwarrior]

This little “freeze” is the opening salvo in Trump’s war on Medicaid. It is just beginning. For those MAGA idiots who think Medicaid only affects “the poor“ think again. If you have a kid with disabilities or have a parent in a nursing home, there is a good change Medicaid in paying for it.

MAGA morons voted for a return to Dickensian world of no safety net, well you’re on your way of getting it.

And Baby Boomers..get ready to get out your checkbook for that $10,000 a month nursing home for your parents or your spouse, that Medicaid program will be soon out the door if Trump has his way,

If Congress wants to do that, Congress needs to change the law and eliminate it.