Trump Blesses Medicaid Scrutiny to Pay for mega-MAGA package

Sunday, March 16, 2025

President Trump opened the door Thursday for Senate Republicans to find cost savings in Medicaid as they hunt for ways to pay for his border, defense and tax priorities, Axios has learned.

Posted by jpw at 04:32 PM | 15 COMMENTS | permalink

This is the Trump plan.

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-- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (@whitehouse.senate.gov) March 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM

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Looking for "fraud, waste and abuse" will be the obvious tell that a program/department is going to be scuttled.

He Trumper idiots, you tired of being wrong yet? Have you seen enough to STFU and stop acting as if a. you have a clue or b. you weren't blatantly lied to just to get your gullible dumba&& to vote for these ------?

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-03-14 01:10 PM

If you didn't have this on your Bingo card, you're an absolute ------- moron.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-14 01:16 PM

Guns > people = USA.

#3 | Posted by Brennnn at 2025-03-14 02:25 PM

Herr Musk needs a tax cut, ya'll!

He can't get by with a mere $40 billion in US Gov loans, tax breaks, and contracts. That's only about $8 million a day for him. He and his Oligarch buddies need your parent's health care and Soc Sec money, too!

Give a poor billionaire a break, won't you?

(not that they pay the same percentage of their income in either taxes or pay into Social Security like you do)

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-14 04:50 PM

Privatizing the common needs will hopefully backfire so completely that billionaires are made illegal instead of losing our nation completely to Russian-style oligarchy.

This is what the MAGA believe will make America great? No social safety nets whatsoever, only the edict to become top kleptocrat? Conservatives vote for a Hellscape for all.

#5 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-03-15 11:05 AM

We have SO much to Thank Trumpers for... I can barely wait to get started.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-16 04:53 PM

When John Kasich was governor of Ohio, he expanded Medicaid coverage, and one result was that addicts could get treatment. Where I worked at the time this was clearly evident because a number of known users who walked the streets panhandling disappeared and got clean. The next batch of junkies will be on the streets, thanks to the MAGA party. I'm sure those party functionaries will be unable to make the connection between healthcare and the presence of drug users in their faces, begging a sandwich and spare change ...

#7 | Posted by catdog at 2025-03-16 05:11 PM

"Wake up! Time to die"

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-16 11:27 PM

Billionaires should be hunted like squirrels.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-16 11:28 PM

Policy Based Prediction: Trump 2.0 Flu deaths exceed Trump 1.0 Covid deaths.

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-16 11:32 PM

Prediction. 60 million dead MAGATS

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-03-17 12:10 AM

It's going to be EPIC the whining and wailing of magats when their rascals are repo'd

#12 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-03-17 07:39 AM

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead: One can only wish....