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Ritabert

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9. 64% of Medicaid recipients are already working

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 12:58 PM

Jul 8

Their employers like big box stores don't provide health insurance. The CEO of a large restaurant chain bragged on camera that he keeps employees hours below 32 per week so they don't qualify for health insurance. I stopped eating at the endless breadstick place that day and haven't been back.

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Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work [View all] ihaveaquestion Jul 8 OP

GOPers have ALWAYS lived in a fantasy world. No wonder they can't govern. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 8 #1

That's almost half of everyone on Medicaid. C_U_L8R Jul 8 #2

They just don't understand Nigrum Cattus Jul 8 #3

Have they thought this through? Retrograde Jul 8 #4

That is what the concentration camps are for obamanut2012 Jul 8 #7

Farm buses at nursing homes and towns, 5 am pickup bucolic_frolic Jul 8 #5

Is she totally incompetent or just basically stupid? zeusdogmom Jul 8 #6

How much hard manual work has he and his wealthy friends ever done just to make a living? Ping Tung Jul 8 #8

64% of Medicaid recipients are already working Ritabert Jul 8 #9

I expect that his fantasy will not play out. MineralMan Jul 8 #10

That person needs to read up on the Russian Revolution. MineralMan Jul 8 #11

She doesn't seem to realize John Farmer Jul 8 #12

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