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Hope all those old and disabled Fox News viewers who voted for him are ready to work for the meds that keep them alive. THIS is what they voted for.
Hey, they hired a "businessman", and we all know how businesses operate. Good for them for voting for this fool. (I am one of them, their age, luckily, I don't depend on Medicare)
OP, are you confusing Medicaid with Medicare, perhaps? The article specifically refers to Medicaid, not Medicare. It also states that the proposed changes are for able-bodied adults, and that they are seeking "community engagement", which means jobs, education, or volunteer work.
I know that none of this is as attention-grabbing as your thread title and post, but one is factual, and one is erroneous and sensational. You're either greatly mistaken, or dishonest. So which is it?
Nope, read the article. It says Medicaid. All those AARP folks will turn on the GOP once they realize this.
I have no problem requiring those who can work, work. What I have a problem with is some of the justifications used and the way those who want to enact these changes go about it.
From the link in the link:
The guidance cites research that it says demonstrates people who work tend to have higher incomes associated with longer life spans, while those who are unemployed are more prone to depression, “poorer general health,” and even death.
Yes, those who remain healthy and can work generally live longer. Those who are not healthy and can't work generally die sooner. No kidding. This is NOT a justification for anything.
The links clearly note that there is not a call for work under this legislation unlike there was with welfare so rather than work to change the law, people are looking for a way around the law. That is exactly what people (rightly) condemned Obama for doing but will praise Trump for doing.
How we allow such bitter, non caring people into positions of leadership is beyond my understanding.
Yes, and many Trump voters have been at that low level for years. And now they deserve what is coming to them. I just fell really bad for the elderly who did not vote for him.
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People in nursing homes are not able-bodied. The changes wouldn't apply.
Some are able bodied but are there for various reasons. I've known people who don't want to live on their own anymore & have checked themselves into nursing homes or assisted living situations & done the spend down. It's a head-scratcher when it happens, but I've seen it.
Just what we need in the work force, people who don't want to be there. IMO this will stagnate wages even more.
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