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2 days agoIt’s okay if this fails. It’s okay if Republicans block this. The true crime is not trying constantly to impeach him … besides, it’s not like Dems are doing anything else.
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Most elected Democrats are against this. But hey, I’m sure Lesser Of Two Evils™ thinking is going to stop making things worse eventually.
Oops. That went over my head. LOL.
Medicade is a single-payer healthcare program that is almost entirely for the poor. (eg: People that insurance companies can’t squeeze money out of.)
Without Medicade most hospitals will go bankrupt - and what few social services & charities there are for the poor will be absolutely swamped to the point where they will be ineffective.
Moreover: Medicade prevents medical bills from forcing the poor from choosing between a rent & food and medication they need to live. So if Medicade gets gutted, the US homeless population is going to blow up.
Medicade is a piece of load-bearing social infrastructure that most Americans - who are not on Medicade and barely understand the difference between Medicare and Medicade - are blissfully unaware of it’s ramifications for the entire healthcare system.
Put another way: The only reason we don’t have hordes of people in the streets demanding universal healthcare - is because the poor have Medicade, so it’s in their best-interests to behave.
If he does try to do this, Democrats will fall over themselves to explain why they support the action, but quibble on how the paperwork was filed to implement it.