“Millions” of people will lose health insurance if Republicans push these plans through.

Republicans are quietly pushing to slash Medicaid to fund Donald Trump’s tax cuts and immigration spending.

The effort has been subtle and behind the scenes, and disguised as a way to eliminate Medicaid fraud and protect the program’s most vulnerable recipients.

But several Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, are desperately trying to revive a yearslong fight to eliminate the expanded Medicaid eligibility requirements included in Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, which gives millions of low-income adults health coverage.

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    What could be worth more? American lives, or more money that billionaires could never spend in a lifetime?

    The choice is clear.

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      If people hoarded cats, or junk cars, or Hummel figurines, or beanie babies, etc., the way these people hoard money, theyd be diagnosed with mental illness, and get psychiatric help.

      But if a zillionaire has the unquenchable compulsion to destroy EVERYTHING to get just a tiny bit more, he’s worshipped as a “job creator.”

      Its time to start framing this behavior as a mental illness, which should no longer be indulged or tolerated. It needs to be treated, and just like a cat hoarder’s cats are removed by the authorities, confiscating much of their financial hoard is the first step.

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      Your point is very valid.

      But even just one billion is more than a whole family could spend in multiple lifetimes!

      The difference between a million and a billion dollars is basically a billion dollars, while at the same time a million dollars is more wealth than a VERY large majority of Americans will ever see.