"West Virginia, $6.2 billion, Missouri $6.1 billion, North Carolina $40 billion" Internal GOP doc reveals Medicaid cuts

[Miles Archer]

Speaking with the hosts, (Punchbowl's Andrew) Desiderio claimed the biggest pushback came from Sen. Thom Tillis who faces an uphill re-election in 2026, noting the North Carolina Republican came armed with a memo showing the impact on various states if the bill is passed as is.

"Senator Tillis, for example, has raised significant concerns about these Medicaid cuts in the bill, and not just with the policy itself, but how it will affect Republicans politically," he reported. "I mean, Senator Tillis was very straightforward in his presentation during the lunch yesterday in which he said, this will be our version of Obamacare and what he was referring to was the fact that Republicans like himself, swept into power in 2014 partially because of that rocky rollout of Obamacare."

Holding up a piece of paper, he continued, "I actually have the document here that a Republican senator slipped to me of those Medicaid cuts."

"This is what Senator Tillis was outlining to his colleagues," he elaborated. "You know, states like West Virginia, $6.2 billion, Missouri $6.1 billion. But then you look at North Carolina and we're looking at almost $40 billion forfeited over the next decade and it's striking to see a comment like this on the flier."

https://www.rawstory.com/mcconnell-medicaid-2672433553/

[biophile]

1. Not only hurts individuals but that money stimulates

The local and state economies. Maybe they need to think this through a bit.

[Javaman]

2. expect meth to explode. nt

[BoRaGard]

3. "The proles will get over it. They're gonna die anyway." - Joni McConnell (R-TransApathetic)

republicans have no use for the actual teachings of the
Bible, as they make clear with their actions,.

[AnnaLee]

4. Made me wonder something

Have the red state representatives been offered a solution that puts most to all of the cuts in blue states?

[Miles Archer]

5. I read something about Josh Hawley yesterday...

He's most concerned with the VISUALS. See, if red hats start dropping dead out in the middle of nowhere, no one's going to know, so no one's going to care. But if it forces HOSPITALS to close down, THAT will make the evening news, and Republicans may not get re-elected. But Hawley's "fine" with everything else now.

Josh Hawley Goes From ‘Don’t Cut Medicaid’ to Most Cuts Would ‘Be Fine’
Hawley was the most outspoken opponent in the Senate to Medicaid cuts. Now he says he’s “always supported” most of the Medicaid cuts and suggests he would “be fine” with just one change.

https://www.notus.org/congress/josh-hawley-dont-cut-medicaid-most-cuts-fine

For months, Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been one of the loudest voices in his party against any cuts to Medicaid benefits in the reconciliation bill. Now, in what are expected to be the Senate’s critical last days of negotiations, Hawley finally seems open to some Medicaid cuts — even the vast majority of cuts in the reconciliation bill.

Just not the Medicaid provider tax reduction.

“They’ve got to fix this hospital piece of it,” Hawley told NOTUS. “And if they do that, then I think that’d be fine.”

[newdeal2]

6. Never count on a Republican to do the right thing themselves

Not when it counts.

[tanyev]

7. LOL, Tillis has raised concerns..."not just with the policy itself, but how it will affect Republicans politically"

I’d be willing to wager a large sum that his “concerns” were entirely about how it will affect Republicans politically.