Medicaid Changes Will Hurt Family Caregivers, Experts Warn

Monday, July 28, 2025

Medicaid cuts under President Trump's sweeping tax and spending package will harm family caregivers, experts warn, by reducing access to health care for themselves and the people they care for, which could then lead to more caregiving responsibilities.

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A constellation of physical therapists and other caregivers are essential to the life of Julie Kim's disabled child--and to Kim's development as her parent, she writes. Donald Trump's cuts to education and Medicaid threaten to steal these people away.

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-- The Atlantic (@theatlantic.com) Jul 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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"experts warn". Who are these experts? These same "experts" told use shelves would be empty and inflation would go through the roof after the tariff deals.

#1 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-07-28 10:42 AM | Reply

The tariffs Trump keeps chickening out of?

You got less than nothing, Pukefish.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-07-28 12:12 PM | Reply

I'm sure there is a contingent that would like to ban family caregiving altogether. If family is doing the caregiving, it's much more difficult for the end-of-life industry to empty the bank accounts of the dying.

#3 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-07-28 12:15 PM | Reply

#2. "as of June FY 2025, revenue from customs duties has reached $108 billion, which is 94.3% higher than the same month in FY 2024." You should learn to read.

#4 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-07-28 02:30 PM | Reply

And I bet you still don't understand who will eventually be paying for those tariffs.

#5 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-07-28 02:40 PM | Reply

" as of June FY 2025, revenue from customs duties has reached $108 billion"

Tariffs are taxes, paid by importers and consumers on OUR soil.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-28 02:46 PM | Reply

#5 - There's no "eventually" in that.

#7 | Posted by YAV at 2025-07-28 02:47 PM | Reply

"as of June FY 2025, revenue from new taxes on America has reached $108 billion"

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-28 02:48 PM | Reply