The real story: Trumpcare will gut Medicaid.

[kstewart33]

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo:

As we move toward Thursday's (likely) vote on the Ryan/Trump Obamacare repeal bill, we should remember that under the guise of repealing Obamacare, the House bill writers are actually going to great lengths to gut Medicaid.

Last week, TPM Reader EE gave us some indication of what that will entail.
I work in a nursing home and it seems that no-one is talking/asking questions about the devastating effect the medicaid cuts will have on nursing home residents and their families.

Families, including middle and upper income families, will be destroyed if they have to cover nursing home costs out of pocket or provide care themselves. Not to mention the oversight and quality control that will disappear.
A lot of people are going to die miserable, painful deaths.

This is truly what death panels are. Starve funding. Starve the elderly. Maybe that's the plan.

Link: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-real-story--4

[Doreen]

1. I also think of the thousands and thousands of healthcare

workers who are going to lose their jobs. They will also have people in their families who they will no longer be able to care for without money coming in. The only thing people will be able to do is keep letting their loved ones who are dying in excruciating pain that they love them. Being healthcare workers they will have even a better understanding about what their family and friends are going through. This government is cruel.

[PA Democrat]

2. These cuts will GUT healthcare and services for people with disabilities as well.

I have already contacted my hypocrite Republican congressman to express my DISGUST with their bill. The politest thing I could say about the bill was that it is "morally reprehensible."

[PsychoBabble]

3. We need assisted suicide if

This passes; if you can't get care, only one good option left - a little dignity and at least a final "choice"

[WinkyDink]

5. HELLO?? SUICIDE?! HOW ABOUT A DAMNED REVOLUTION FIRST?

[WinkyDink]

4. Medicaid is more than nursing homes. It is Section 8 housing help; medications help; doctors' fees

help; transportation help; Senior Activities help; etc.