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  • Democrats Fearmonger About Medicaid Cuts While Battling To Keep A Million Illegals Enrolled

    05/19/2025 7:11:16 AM PDT · by airdalechief · 15 replies
    www.dailywire.com ^ | May 16, 2025 | By Mary Margaret Olohan
    WASHINGTON—About 1.4 million illegal immigrants are enrolled in Medicaid, something House Republicans hope to change. To the White House, this is a clear instance of lawmakers eliminating fraud and saving taxpayers’ money. But to Democrats, it’s the worst of all possible things: Republican attempts to cut Medicaid.
  • California’s Medicaid shell game steals from taxpayers.

    05/18/2025 1:48:26 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 3 replies
    X.com ^ | 3:02 PM · May 18, 2025 | Citizen Free Press✓ @CitizenFreePres
    California uses a loophole to inflate provider payments, draw down more federal funds, then diverts the money –- including $4 billion to pay for illegal aliens on Medicaid.
  • Key GOP holdout on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ calls for deeper cuts to Medicaid, ‘Green New Deal’ spending (only 5.67 years left)

    05/17/2025 4:19:21 PM PDT · by Libloather · 42 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/17/25 | Josh Christenson
    WASHINGTON — A key House Republican holdout on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to provide tax cuts, border security, defense spending and green energy clawbacks is still calling for deeper spending cuts to chip away at the national debt — as the legislation heads for a critical vote Sunday. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), one of several GOPers who tanked the bill in the House Budget Committee on Friday, says he and other fiscal hawks are still hoping for hundreds of billions dollars more in savings to help reduce the nation’s $36 trillion debt. The Texas Republican huddled with White House...
  • Democrats Can't Stop Lying About Medicaid 'Cuts'

    05/15/2025 1:58:10 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 12 replies
    Townhall ^ | 05/15 | Katie Pavlich
    As Republicans on Capitol Hill continue to work on a reconciliation bill and delivering on the extension of the 2019 Trump tax cuts (and preventing a massive tax hike), Democrats are fear mongering about so-called "cuts" to Medicaid. In typical fashion, they're getting some help from their friends in the media to push the narrative. "The Medicaid portions of the GOP megabill would lead to 10.3 million people losing coverage under the health safety net program and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office," POLITICO reports. "Republicans released the partial estimates Tuesday less...
  • Hawley: I Can’t Support House Bill’s ‘Real Medicaid Benefit Cuts’

    05/14/2025 12:05:33 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 39 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/14/2025 | Pam Key
    Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Wednesday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that he will not support the House spending bill because it has “real Medicaid benefit cuts.” Hawley said, “It ought to be just a basic foundational principle, it is wrong to cut health care for the working poor, and that’s what we’re talking about here with Medicaid. My state is a Medicaid expansion state, over 20% of Missourians, including hundreds of thousands of children, are on Medicaid.” He added, “I don’t like the idea of decreasing funding for rural hospitals. I’m worried that the House bill goes way too far...
  • NEW Planned Parenthood report: Staggering 400K abortions, skyrocketing taxpayer funding

    05/12/2025 12:47:52 PM PDT · by Morgana · 17 replies
    Live Action News ^ | May 12, 2025 | Carole Novielli
    Planned Parenthood used Mother’s Day weekend to release its 2023-2024 annual report revealing a staggering 402,230 abortions during that year — the most the corporation has ever reported to date. This is an increase of 2.42% from the 392,715 abortions Planned Parenthood reported last year. As Congress debates whether to defund Planned Parenthood, this newly released annual report shows that taxpayer dollars granted to Planned Parenthood (for the year ending June 30, 2024) have risen by more than 13% from the $699.3 million recorded by Planned Parenthood in 2022-23 to a whopping $792.2 million recorded in 2023-24. Between 2022-23 and...
  • NEW: 🚨 Trump’s Medicaid Promise Under Siege by RINO Saboteurs Like Paragon Health CEO Brian Blase 🚨

    05/05/2025 5:41:00 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 7 replies
    Laura Loomer on Twitter X ^ | May 5, 2025 | Laura Loomer
    Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer NEW: 🚨 Trump’s Medicaid Promise Under Siege by RINO Saboteurs Like Paragon Health CEO Brian Blase @brian_blase 🚨 In a shocking betrayal of President Donald Trump’s unwavering commitment to America’s working-class families, and his promise to protect Medicaid, Paragon Health @Paragon_Inst CEO Brian Blase, a covert Never-Trumper masquerading as a MAGA loyalist, is spearheading a dangerous campaign to undermine the Republican Party’s midterm prospects. 2016 tweets from Brian Blase reveal he once said, “This is why we can’t have Trump.” Along with bashing Trump on X, Blase has also complimented Barack Hussein Obama. See screenshots below 👇🏻...
  • Elon Musk Just Exposed The Biggest Scam In American History !

    04/28/2025 8:38:29 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 34 replies
    Tech Chasm ^ | 31/3/25 | Elon Musk
    Illegals getting Social Security, from there getting voter registration, and lots of federal, state and local bennies. 1.3 million on Medicaid 5.5 million getting SSI DOGE has been getting the receipts and referring illegal voters for prosecution by DOJ. Cartels trafficking illegals as their indentured servants. Transcript linked to video.
  • Dr. Oz Uncovers Billions in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: ‘If You Thought USAID was a Problem, This Will Bring a Little Shiver to You’

    04/25/2025 4:57:27 PM PDT · by airdalechief · 21 replies
    thegatewaypundit ^ | Apr. 25, 2025 12:00 pm | by Jim Hᴏft
    Dr. Mehmet Oz, newly sworn in as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has exposed billions of dollars in fraud, waste, and abuse plaguing America’s healthcare safety nets. Appearing on America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer, Dr. Oz laid out a clear and urgent mission: protect the most vulnerable — not enrich bureaucrats, fraudsters, and corrupt insiders. “Right now, my main focus, without any question, is to wage a war on fraud, waste, and abuse — because that’s what’s required. All hands-on deck,” Dr. Oz said.
  • Biden let California get creative with Medicaid spending. Trump is signaling that may end

    04/25/2025 8:04:15 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 7 replies
    Cal Matters ^ | April 24, 2025 | Kristen Hwang
    In 2022, California made sweeping changes to its Medi-Cal program that reimagined what health care could look like for some of the state’s poorest and sickest residents by covering services from housing to healthy food. But the future of that program, known as CalAIM, could be at risk under the Trump administration. In recent weeks, federal officials have signaled that support for creative uses of Medi-Cal funding is waning, particularly uses that California has invested in such as rent assistance and medically tailored meals. Medi-Cal is California’s name for Medicaid. The moves align with a narrower vision of Medicaid espoused...
  • California OKs $2.8B to close Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage

    04/14/2025 1:17:19 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 16 replies
    KCRA ^ | April 14, 2025 | TRÂN NGUYỄN
    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services and ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the program.
  • Congress now faces an $880 billion Medicaid question

    04/14/2025 2:10:08 AM PDT · by RandFan · 75 replies
    Roll Call ^ | Apr 10 | By Jessie Hellmann
    The House cleared a hurdle Thursday in adopting a budget resolution needed for filibuster-proof legislation on President Donald Trump’s policy priorities. But now, another obstacle stands in the way: how to find $1.5 trillion in spending cuts without cutting Medicaid benefits, as Trump and House leadership have promised. The budget resolution directs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to find $880 billion in savings — a feat that would prove extremely difficult without making deep cuts to Medicaid, the massive health program covering 72 million Americans, including low-income adults, children and people with disabilities. Some Republicans say they won’t support...
  • Lawmakers reveal whether Americans should pick up the Medicaid tab for illegal immigrants

    04/12/2025 3:36:22 AM PDT · by Libloather · 16 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/12/25 | Deirdre Heavey, Emma Woodhead
    California has a $6.2 billion budget deficit for Medicaid services, and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest budget proposal projects the state will spend a staggering $8.4 billion to cover Medi-Cal, the state's version of Medicaid, for illegal immigrants in 2024-2025. Two new reports by the Bureau of Economic Analysis found the U.S. economy has become increasingly reliant on government handouts. Entitlements are growing faster than tax receipts and wages. Private wages grew by $67 billion in early 2025, while government payments to recipients surged by $162 billion. In North Carolina and California, growth in Medicaid benefits was the leading contributor...
  • ‘Irreversible Harm’: CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz Tells State Medicaid Directors No Funding for Gender Reassignment Surgeries, Hormone Treatments for Minors

    04/11/2025 9:26:49 PM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 10 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 11 Apr 2025 | Sean Moran
    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz told state Medicaid directors Friday there will be no Medicaid funding for “gender reassignment” surgeries or hormone treatments for minors.“As a doctor and now CMS Administrator, my top priority is protecting children and upholding the law. Medicaid dollars are not to be used for gender reassignment surgeries or hormone treatments in minors – procedures that can cause permanent, irreversible harm, including sterilization,” Oz said in a written statement obtained by Breitbart News.“We have a duty to ensure medical care is lawful, necessary, and truly in the best interest of...
  • Trump Administration Classifies 6,000 Latino Immigrants as 'Dead' So They Will 'Self-Deport'

    04/11/2025 11:50:14 AM PDT · by Strict9 · 28 replies
    People via Yahoo ^ | Charms Flam
    The Trump administration is targeting immigrants who have Social Security numbers but have lost their legal status in the U.S. — including those who entered under former President Joe Biden’s temporary work programs. This prevents those impacted from being able to receive Medicaid, Medicare, unemployment insurance, federal loans or other benefits.
  • DOGE Official Confirms What We've Known All Along: Illegal Immigrants Are on Medicaid and Voting

    04/08/2025 8:46:04 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 13 replies
    Red State ^ | 04/08/2025 | Becky Noble
    Democrats love to portray themselves as the compassionate ones. They just want to help people, especially the poor and downtrodden. When you ask them about illegal immigration, they will tell you that these are just poor people looking for a better life for themselves and their families. That's why they were perfectly okay with a wide-open southern border and letting millions of people into the country. It was all about compassion. However, as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to dig into the twisted story of America's finances, we are finding out that the compassion ruse is just that,...
  • DOGE's border expert reveals terrifying number of illegals on Medicaid: 'It's just ramping up'

    04/05/2025 9:09:15 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 30 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 05 Apr 2025 | SAMANTHA RUTT
    Illegal immigrants are claiming billions of dollars worth of Medicaid and other US benefits, according to data uncovered by the head of DOGE's border team. Antonio Gracias said around 1.3 million non-citizens are currently claiming Medicaid, at an estimated cost of around $6.5 billion. The stark revelation came after Gracias and his team began probing the huge uptick in non-citizens who were assigned Social Security numbers last year. The figure leapt from 400,000 in 2021, to more than two million in 2024. Among those are people who have entered the US legally on visas and green cards and who pay...
  • Aaron Heitke, the U.S. Border Chief, unequivocally confirmed that the Biden-Harris administration directed him to suppress, hide, and alter data related to the border crisis.

    04/05/2025 5:29:33 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 32 replies
    X ^ | 9/18/24 | Aaron Heitke
    He claims he was instructed to intentionally reduce detention capacity across the country while simultaneously issuing new Social Security numbers to undocumented immigrants. According to Heitke, this enabled them to access full Social Security benefits and Medicaid, facilitated their voter registration, and ultimately PERMITTED them to CAST VOTES in U.S. ELECTIONS.
  • HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again

    04/03/2025 12:10:46 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 3 replies
    HHS.GOV ^ | March 27, 2025 | Health and Human Services
    Washington, D.C. — March 27, 2025 — Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a dramatic restructuring in accordance with President Trump's Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.”The restructuring will address this and serve multiple goals without impacting critical services. First, it will save taxpayers $1.8 billion per year through a reduction in workforce of about 10,000 full-time employees who are part of this most recent transformation. When combined with HHS’ other efforts, including early retirement and Fork in the Road, the restructuring results in a total downsizing from 82,000...
  • California Misses Out on Medicaid Millions as Newsom Blows Thru Deadline

    04/02/2025 7:13:56 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/02/2025 | Joel B. Pollak
    California will lose millions of dollars in federal matching funds for the state’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, after Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration failed to fill out the necessary paperwork by a March 31 deadline. CalMatters.org reported: California voters told lawmakers last fall that they wanted doctors to get paid more to see low-income patients. But officials for the Newsom administration blew past a federal deadline to make that happen through Medi-Cal Monday, effectively leaving millions of dollars unclaimed. The unclaimed money is tied to Proposition 35, a ballot measure passed by 68% of voters in November. The measure committed money from...