GOP Senators Signal They're On Board With Big Medicaid Cuts
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MAY 9, 2017 2:11 PM
It is now the Senate’s turn to wrestle with the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Republican lawmakers in the upper chamber huddled behind closed doors Tuesday afternoon to begin drafting their own legislation.
One of the major issues Senate Republicans must grapple with is the fate of Medicaid. The House bill slashes more than $800 billion dollars from the program, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would cause 14 million people to lose coverage over 10 years.
As he exited the meeting Tuesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) signaled that the Senate may pursue similarly deep cuts. “We’ve got to get it under control. Right now it’s out of control,” he said of Medicaid’s budget. “It’s going to be really out of control if we don’t do something.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) echoed this sentiment, telling reporters: “I think we need reforms that put Medicaid on a long-term fiscally sustainable path, that constrains the exploding cost curve.”
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Disgusting.
Social Security and Medicare next.
The American public had better vote these cretins out of office or suffer the consequences. Unfortunately, decades of RW media spewing and billionaire-backed talking points might work. The pukes are counting on it.
who doesn't understand that Medicaid isn't just for "the poors" but also helps pay for grandma's long-term care is in for a rude awakening.
Of course, puke lawmakers are masters at disassociating the consequences from the actions, i.e. they will have the cuts kick in incrementally and in a stealthy manner so that their dumbass voters don't make the connection.
he even looks like somebody whose parents would call him ORRIN HATCH...
It's like, who calls their son JEFFREY BEAUREGARD SESSION THE THIRD, or whatever the fuck number he is. !!!
fuck that, you stupid lying ignorant moron..
Shit, I'm going to practice some pauken. That will cheer me up..
They want to cut Medicaid and give all the money to the rich because poor people don't deserve to live. 
They can't get their big tax cuts without cutting something else and it will never be anything that helps the rich.
