By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik
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If the MAGA Republicans ram through their budget this week under a “reconciliation” plan, millions will lose Medicaid coverage and, by coming at it through a back door, the bill would, in effect, maim if not kill the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. The Medicaid funds that they plan to cut make Obamacare available to millions across the country.
The AFL-CIO, the Service Employees, the Teachers, the National Partnership and other progressive groups are marshalling forces, on an emergency basis, to block passage of the disastrous budget plan this week. They set up hotlines (231-400-0602 and 866-426-2631) for people to call their lawmakers.
The CPUSA, along with many other organizations, is mobilizing its members to join the nationwide fight this week to save Medicaid from the savage cuts planned by the Trump administration and the MAGA Republicans.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is desperately trying to stitch together his party’s narrow majority in the House to pass the poisonous budget bill which, at the expense of the health care of millions, includes President Trump’s “big beautiful” tax cut for the rich. In addition to killing Medicaid it slashes to almost nothing the amount of money provided for education. Johnson wants to get the measure through the House, with no Democratic support, by Memorial Day.
Pressure seen as crucial
Pressure on lawmakers is seen as crucial by health care advocates because Johnson and those immediately around him are not listening to the AFL-CIO, the Teachers, the Service Employees and many other groups. Broad majorities are against the Medicaid cuts his measure plans for the next decade: $715 billion, with another $165 billion cut from other health care programs….READ MORE
