NEW -- We're far past the point of the actual policy mattering to the big beautiful bill. But the Medicaid work requirements so central to the deal have, in fact, been tried in states before. And it's failed miserably, writes www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gops-b... - ThreadSky

samsteindc.bsky.social • 9 days ago

NEW -- We're far past the point of the actual policy mattering to the big beautiful bill. But the Medicaid work requirements so central to the deal have, in fact, been tried in states before. And it's failed miserably, writes

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gops-big-medicaid-idea-was-tried-before-work-requirements-healthcare-trump-republicans?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=dwk9z&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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debskay2298.bsky.social•9 days ago

They DON'T care! RepubliCONS NEVER LEARN from their mistakes and just KEEP repeating them! Every SINGLE time they're in control their 1st BIG BILL is ALWAYS about TAX CUTS for the RICH at the expense of the POOR! EVERY SINGLE TIME, since Reagan started it!🤬

debskay2298.bsky.social•9 days ago

For 4years ALL they did is RANT about how Biden overstimulated the economy & caused the inflation, NOW they're BOASTING about how THIER BILL will STIMULATE the economy when it WAS doing just fine under Biden! Biden got inflation WAY DOWN from what it was post-pandemic!

debskay2298.bsky.social•9 days ago

Prices are STILL going UP, NOT down even though the inflation rate dropped in April! For weeks the wholesale cost of oil was going down yet NO PRICE DROP at the pumps, now it's going up AGAIN & BOOM the price at the pumps has ALREADY jumped! It's called PRICE GOUGING & they DO it ALL the time!🤬

ur1bro.bsky.social•9 days ago

Yup 🤬 every single GD time 🤬

doug-profitt.bsky.social•9 days ago

Interesting, because we’ve tried Republicans in government, too, and THEY fail miserably as well.

welldonetruly.bsky.social•8 days ago

Big beautiful bill-ionaire scam?

thesoundings.bsky.social•9 days ago

Work requirements ALWAYS mean that some/many people entitled to benefits will not receive them. That's why work requirements are in the GOP bill.

mikealee.bsky.social•9 days ago

One theme of this presidency seems to be trying policies that have failed miserably in the past.

debskay2298.bsky.social•9 days ago

Its the SAME theme EVERY TIME the RETHUGS have control! Helping the RICH get RICHER is ALWAYS the VERY 1st item on their AGENDA!

sharon43302.bsky.social•9 days ago

Living wage, public transportation, child care and health care 1st.

sorceress2.bsky.social•9 days ago

trump to Mike Johnson: "Here boy, roll over, bark, beg."

mrmucketymuck.bsky.social•9 days ago

Doing things that have failed has never stopped them.

bobchauvin.bsky.social•9 days ago

Failure is in the eye of the beholder. What if the goal is to punish the poor? If so, those policies were wildly successful.

crookedbridge.bsky.social•9 days ago

Amazing how a group of people, many born into race or wealth privilege and do not work 50+ weeks a year, are so fixated on how hard others work.

idgee.bsky.social•9 days ago

Find yourself a man who looks at you the way Trump’s lil’ Johnson looks at him.

mnasca.bsky.social•9 days ago

“Most Medicaid adults under age 65 are working already, without a “work requirement.”

This bill is a reporting requirement, not a work requirement.

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/5-key-facts-about-medicaid-work-requirements/

abaron-evans.bsky.social•3 days ago

And it is intended to throw millions of people who are working or exempt from working off their health care. THAT'S THE PURPOSE.

leadfootlj.bsky.social•9 days ago

I thought Johnson was standing by a tRump "dummy" at The Wax Museum 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

mackenziegirl.bsky.social•8 days ago

Sounds to me like 47 is trying to distract big time today…
Wants his big ugly bill to pass and doesn’t want Americans to notice Medicare is on the chopping block too!
Spread everywhere!

https://bsky.app/profile/petermorley.bsky.social/post/3lppclbq5ck23

hqreality.bsky.social•9 days ago

They don't look to see if something has been tried or if its worked or not before. They do this on purpose to disrupt people's lives, they don't care if you lose anything for a while in fact it makes them more powerful because they get to decide if and when you get it back.

wheezer2024.bsky.social•9 days ago

They repeat failure until they move on.

mheido.bsky.social•9 days ago

So instead of simply paying for people’s medical needs they’re gonna create a whole new bureaucracy to process work requirement paperwork and then they’re gonna underfund that so it’s a disaster for people and they give up? Sounds about right wing.

calleycat.bsky.social•8 days ago

ziggymetal.bsky.social•9 days ago

“They want to kill Americans.”
Malcom Nance

realgirlvibes.bsky.social•7 hours ago

Fail big. This needs to fuck they at midterms and push them out of office

snarkydoodle.bsky.social•9 days ago

The definition of insanity...

lpeterp.bsky.social•9 days ago

Why does no one note there ARE work requirements under Medicaid?

northernmichdave.bsky.social•9 days ago

This orange POS needs to be thrown out of the White House 🖕 him!

bunkx.bsky.social•9 days ago

Because they and the people who voted them in don't read history.

Now we are all doomed to repeat it.

daveclemmons.bsky.social•9 days ago

But by all means let’s push it on thru and keep Daddy happy. Regardless that it won’t work. Maybe … blame Biden? smh

5forfighting.bsky.social•9 days ago

The fact you all keep calling it the big beautiful bill is so fucking ridiculous.

adoptorfoster.bsky.social•9 days ago

The way Trump's little bitch looks at him admiringly like a candidate's wife. Does he share his impure thoughts about Trump with his son?

desarrayed.bsky.social•9 days ago

Of course, success isn’t so much the point as wanton displays of power

Plus they think poverty is a moral failing that deserves punishment

loraw.bsky.social•9 days ago

Sam, I wish you wouldn’t use Trumps name for his bill. Give it an alternate name or use the bill number. I may be wrong, but it seems that using his stupid and totally false name adds to disinformation. Thanks for listening.

susanjohns1820.bsky.social•9 days ago

How can people work without childcare?. Without public transportation?

sweatybitter.bsky.social•9 days ago

"They shouldn't have had children or been too poor to afford a car!" - GOP

alipenguinz.bsky.social•9 days ago

Same GOP: We need more babies! In fact, if you are already dead we will artificially keep your body going so it can serve as an incubator!

drummerboy429.bsky.social•9 days ago

They both gave each other a handy, it was a beautiful moment for the two.

rx3584.bsky.social•9 days ago

no surprise here, the purpose of adding working requirements is adding more bureaucracy to make the process more difficult. The goal of healthcare should be to make us healthy and should be freely available to everyone.

anonyme16.bsky.social•2 days ago

an alternative way to approach GOP senators.

https://youtu.be/yWUQu4YdvMs?...

Bond investors increasing interest on US debt = cost of $16,000 of INTEREST per US family

Vs tax bill is trying to give a tax break of $1600 /family

Bill says $20 T in debt /10 years, is more like $30 TRILLION

justcarole.bsky.social•9 days ago

Since a lot of people who get it are unable to work… #GOPDumbAsses

womaninterrupted.bsky.social•9 days ago

Creepy ventriloquist doll looks on at its ghoulish "showman" owner.

sachie2018.bsky.social•9 days ago

Mike Johnson is Trump's work wife.

rocketmansparty.bsky.social•8 days ago

nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social•9 days ago

They just want ruin and misery. Need military coup to remove this dolt dictatorship and have new elections because not following laws or working for our benefit.

rlewis8.bsky.social•9 days ago

Reinstating previously failed policies is on brand for this administration

peteb0105.bsky.social•9 days ago

Using that same logic, why don’t we require corporations to prove that they are hiring people and paying them a living wage in order to get tax cuts?

creepychick.bsky.social•9 days ago

Let’s change the name to one of these:

Big buttugly bill

Big barbaric bill

Big betrayal bill

Big bloodthirsty bill

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