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valleyrogue

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6. They are peddling such a lie,

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Mon May 12, 2025, 12:20 PM

May 12

and that it is "welfare queens" are having ten kids by ten different fathers who make up Medicaid recipients. It is a LIE. It is those who are disabled and CAN'T work and, most of all, nursing home patients, who take the lion's share of Medicaid.

The GOP needs to stop with the bullshit. The "single parent" rhetoric of Medicaid recipients needs to die.

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GOP opts for Medicaid compromise in battle between centrists and hardliners [View all] Dulcinea May 12 OP

My gawd the GQP truly want us to suffer............... Lovie777 May 12 #1

Bullshit article gab13by13 May 12 #2

Many people could lose their ability to work if they can't stay on Medicaid. Diamond_Dog May 12 #3

Plus, it will take higher staffing levels to conduct more frequent eligibility reviews. jmbar2 May 12 #4

The few states I've seen with so-called "work requirements," have many exceptions-- Disability, going to school, frail, Silent Type May 12 #5

They are peddling such a lie, valleyrogue May 12 #6