When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36 million in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital that opened in 1952, officials were banking on its main funding source remaining stable: Medicaid, the joint federal-state health program for low-income people and the disabled.
AOC: Only 2% of people on Medicaid are able-bodied.. I saw Mike Johnson saying we have to stop all the able-bodied men from being on Medicaid -- as if it's a crime for someone to have healthcare in America. Healthcare is a human right, and everyone should have it.
-- Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Wow, I seemed to have stumble upon a trend ...
Voters empty chair' Republicans who are skipping town halls across the country as anger grows about Musk and Russia (March 24, 2025)
www.independent.co.uk
... Everyday Alaskans are the ones left reeling from the destruction of our critical services,' town hall attendee says ...
@#10 ... So I ask, again, will Spkr Johnson be holding Town Halls in his district over the recess? ...
Well, there's this ...
Speaker Johnson tells GOP lawmakers to skip town halls after an onslaught of protests (March 2025)
apnews.com
... House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been filled with protesters decrying the Trump administration's slashing of federal government, echoing the president's claims that the demonstration's are fueled by professional protesters.
The speaker's advice Tuesday comes as GOP lawmakers often find themselves at a loss to explain the cuts, led by billionaire Elon Musk'sDepartment of Government Efficiency, that are leaving federal workers suddenly out of jobs in communities from coast to coast. Democrats are jumping in to shine a bright light on what is happening. ...
@#12 ... Remember when Clint Eastwood had Obama in a chair? ...
How Clint Eastwood's odd Obama speech turned Republican stomachs (2013)
www.theguardian.com
... Clint Eastwood's eccentric performance at last year's Republican National Convention earned the veteran actor and film-maker some of the most bemused reviews of his illustrious career. Now a new book sheds light on how it played to the Republican faithful within the auditorium. One senior strategist was so horrified by the spectacle, it is alleged, that he promptly took himself off to vomit. ...
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