'Sort of Blackmail' | Drudge Retort

Monday, December 08, 2025

Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies.

Posted by retort at 10:34 AM | 22 COMMENTS | permalink

'Sort of blackmail': Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor politicalâ° allies. www.politico.com/news/2025/12 ... [image or embed]
-- Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) Dec 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM

Comments

Sort of? It IS blackmail

#1 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-12-08 10:45 AM

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-08 10:52 AM

Given all the fraud that has been exposed (Somali) we should just stop until we put controls in place.

#3 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-08 11:02 AM

Fuck off you idiot Russian stooge

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-08 11:07 AM

we should just stop until we put controls in place.

You actually want to stop Lewzer's blackmail program?

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-12-08 11:09 AM

I believe the technical term is, "Extortion," which is nothing new to anyone at this point.

#6 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-12-08 11:09 AM

No I want to end the ACA and the huge transfer of wealth from taxpayers to insurance companies and fraudsters (I realize the 99% overlap).

#7 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-08 11:10 AM

And replace it with what, exactly? Remember, you fucktards have had 20 years to figure it out.

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-08 11:26 AM

whatever you do keep attention away from
billions of fraud in tampon land minn...especailly now that it's looking like the vp candidate knew and that lots of the money ended up wit omar's family members.

and attention away from how the biden administration stopped looking for the
J6 bomber because it wasn't leading to trump.

idiots

#9 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-12-08 11:31 AM

FYI Pedo47 and his sick buddies raped children.

#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-08 11:34 AM

STD is upset that people aren't talking about her pet conspiracies of the week?

#11 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-12-08 11:36 AM

And replace it with what, exactly?

Drowsy Don has priorities...stay up all night rage tweeting....golf....eating....there is just so many hours in a day and you what, want him to do something he promised to do to help the peons?

He's got a concept of a plan.

He's got what he wanted to pass last time which was just more tax free medical accounts for the top 10% and then something that is called insurance, that in reality is just a premium extraction tool from the middle class wallets that covers nothing and allows the insurance to refuse to pay for screenings and preventative medicine and brings back pre-existing conditions so when someone has skin cancer they can be dropped by the insurance company because they didn't put down on the form they had a skin blister from new shoes when they were six.

#12 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-12-08 11:39 AM

And replace it with what, exactly?

You'll find out in 2 weeks.

#13 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-12-08 11:57 AM

No I want to end the ACA and the huge transfer of wealth from taxpayers to insurance companies and fraudsters (I realize the 99% overlap).

#7 | Posted by visitor_

You just described what was happening BEFORE the ACA.

Get sick? Lose insurance.
Ever been sick? Insurance costs 2,500% more IF you can even get it
Insurance coverage? Whatever Insurance companies feel like
Insurance Profits? As much as they can get

Republican solution? None
Republican replacement plan? None

Republican Idea? Return us to the REALLY bad system we had before where Insurance companies can steal as much as they want

#14 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-12-08 12:07 PM

whatever you do keep attention away from the Epstein Files.

#15 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-12-08 12:09 PM

Totally screwing up the system and then attempting to patch it by spending huge sums of money hasn't worked. So the solution is to continue throwing increasing amounts of money at it? If you believe the solution to high costs is spending more of other people's money, you might be a Democrat.

#16 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-08 12:15 PM

Visiturd voted for the child rapist who just pissed away $40 billion on Argentina.

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-08 12:17 PM

The advantage of the Republican non-plan is that it fails without costing much. The Democrat plan is throw money at the problem and expect what exactly?

#18 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-08 12:17 PM

#17 The difference is that we'll get more than 40 billion back from Argentina, what's the return on our Ukraine investment? That's right it's all about corruption.

#19 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-12-08 12:19 PM

Visiturd repeats every single lie his child-raping hero grunts out.

#20 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-12-08 12:20 PM

News flash: responding to garbage like visiturd is an exercise in futility.

#21 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-12-08 12:27 PM

Medicaid for all.

Full coverage, no Copays including illegals.

Pay for it by cutting the Military 80% to a 200 Billion dollar budget.

Or Universal care with Government clinics and Doctors.

Which would be Cheaper.

Why have private insurance at All?

They Provide nothing but added costs for Profits.