Valadao has the largest Medicaid constituency in the country. Johnson and Emmer whipped this vote really hard so he wouldn't have to be a Yes and they could protect him politically. He voted Yes, anyway.
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That is a different piece of legislation called a "rescissions package." That passed the House. The Senate is expected to take it up later in the month.
jul 3, 2025, 7:34 pm • 15 4 • view
Accurate. Much of this is phased in. Which makes the savings they generate questionable. Bec numerous lawmakers told me they were voting for this hoping that these parts would get changed or repealed in a year or two. This is part of the massive, atomic debt-bomb this bill sets off.
jul 3, 2025, 7:39 pm • 49 27 • view
Are the provider-tax cuts phased in the same way as the work requirements? And if not, which states will feel the impact first? I've seen this estimate from 5 yrs ago saying it's as much as 30% of some states' non-federal Medicaid funding. www.macpac.gov/wp-content/u...
jul 3, 2025, 7:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Thank you for the detailed and informative reply. I appreciate it greatly
jul 3, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
If they didn't want it in the bill they should have voted no until it was out of the bill. It isn't that hard!
jul 3, 2025, 7:59 pm • 0 0 • view
They have to begin immediately to get a job and work 80 hours a month they get reviewed every 6 months, if they don’t respond they get dumped. What occurs in 2028 is if the dates have errors above I think 6% they have to pay a premium.
jul 3, 2025, 8:03 pm • 0 2 • view
Who is they? Any Medicaid recipient? How will this work for people who are disabled?
jul 3, 2025, 8:36 pm • 0 0 • view
The states have to pay. Except they exempted Alaska and Hawaii. Cause Alaska has by far the highest error rate so they bought a vote.
jul 4, 2025, 3:30 am • 0 0 • view
I really did not expect y'all to have questions.
jul 3, 2025, 7:39 pm • 29 0 • view
At this point, the question most of us have is rhetorical: "How did this happen again?"
jul 3, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
We're all terrified.
jul 3, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s a credit to you that your followers have substantive questions. Thank you.
jul 3, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Yeah, this bill is so big that it hits the PAYGO trip wire, which forces mandatory cuts to Medicare. I'd expect Congress to waive that, but it just points to how expensive this bill is.
jul 3, 2025, 7:45 pm • 30 10 • view
Slowly and then all at once.
jul 3, 2025, 7:47 pm • 26 1 • view
Will refugees be denied SNAP assistance starting tomorrow, assuming Trump signs it tomorrow?
jul 3, 2025, 7:49 pm • 1 0 • view
SNAP is administered by the states, so this will be up to each state about how it wants to handle it. The language linking SNAP and immigration status did not survive the Senate's "Byrd bath" to approve reconciliation text.
jul 3, 2025, 7:55 pm • 14 1 • view
Yes, and the goal of this bill was to force states into tough decisions and forcing their hand to have to cut programs.
jul 3, 2025, 8:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Phase in starts in 2028.
jul 3, 2025, 7:57 pm • 11 3 • view
Well of course the deadly cuts start AFTER the midterms. Lull the rubes to sleep, then attack them, as the old dictator's playbook goes.
jul 3, 2025, 8:10 pm • 1 0 • view
That's right. We have a piece publishing momentarily that will get into some of this in greater detail.
jul 3, 2025, 8:05 pm • 7 2 • view
That’d have required Jeffries to go for ~30 hours. The record for all of Congress is Cory Booker’s 25+ hours. Booker spent several days preparing his body for that feat. Jeffries didn’t have that kinds prep time. His speech broke records set by Pelosi and McCarthy. Pelosi did her’s in heels.
jul 3, 2025, 8:26 pm • 19 3 • view
Yeah, it would have been incredibly difficult and taken a monstrous effort. Honestly, though, this bill seriously called for it if anything did.
jul 3, 2025, 8:30 pm • 0 0 • view
I appreciate the heels 👠 nod - the Ginger Rogers of Congress.
jul 3, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Not by an administration, but by Congress, sure.
jul 3, 2025, 8:33 pm • 32 4 • view
Can you confirm that the nuclear tax credits from IRA will be ended?
jul 3, 2025, 8:08 pm • 0 0 • view