Can you ask Mike Flood how many unemployed 28 year olds he thinks are on medicaid? He seems to think there’s a lot.
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Seems to be a talking point straight from GOP party leadership. None of them believe it but they think their constituents are dumb enough to.
aug 5, 2025, 2:22 am • 24 1 • view
I mean the way he was gawping slackjawed as he regrouped from that, I think talking points are the only way he's able to say anything at all.
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It is. They all use the very specific age of 28.
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I would guess that's because the cutoff for staying on a parent's health insurance is 26. Factor in time it takes to be approved for Medicaid and I bet there's a number of first time enrollees at that age, folks still in their early adulthood who are still struggling to pay their bills. The GOP
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constantly bitched and moaned about inflation but apparently don't understand that younger adults will put off getting health insurance if they have to choose between that and monthly survival expenses. Republicans decided that health care is a luxury, and not a necessity, so they won't understand
aug 5, 2025, 11:32 am • 7 0 • view
Yeah that's how I figured they came to it, too.
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