GOP lawmakers try to strip affordable health care goals from Biden agenda

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GOP lawmakers try to strip affordable health care goals from Biden agenda

https://americanindependent.com/gop-build-back-better-health-care-medicaid-expansion-provisions-joe-biden/

Josh Israel -September 15, 2021 1:57 PM






House Republicans attempted to kill provisions of the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan that would expand coverage and lower drug prices.

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When the Democratic majority rejected those efforts, Republicans accused them of leaving constituents to die.


The 2009 Affordable Care Act offered states funding to expand Medicaid eligibility. Though this voluntary program is quite popular, even in red states, 11 GOP-run states have refused to implement the expansion.

Democrats are now seeking to address that as part of the investment package, creating a new federal program for those eligible people who live in states that have blocked Medicaid expansion, prompting GOP pushback.

Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin tweeted early Wednesday, "Federalizing Medicaid takes our country one step closer to Democrats’ dream of Medicare for all. It is time to stop playing partisan politics with American lives."

The House Republican caucus' policy arm warned that providing health insurance for millions would be fatal for many, claiming baselessly, "The dangers of Medicaid expansion aren't just the out of control spending needed to pay for it but the lives that will be lost as people wait in line for health care under it."

A 2019 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities study found expansion has saved at least 19,000 lives thus far.....................................

[FloridaBlues]

1. They so desperately want Joe to fail and they are taking the crazy down with them

[crickets]

2. "lives that will be lost as people wait in line for health care"

Some people are dying waiting in line for healthcare now, thanks to COVID misinformation Repubs have ignored or even contributed to. Not a great argument for them to make any time, but these days it's especially idiotic.