It’s red tape for the 90 percent accessing benefits and red ink to fund tax cuts and contracts for the 1 percent sucking down tax breaks.
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According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Republican reconciliation bill (called “big, beautiful bill” by Donald Trump) would eliminate Medicaid coverage for 8.6 million Americans by 2034. The actual impact may be even higher, with more than 13 million current recipients potentially losing coverage. These cuts would save $715 billion, which would be directed toward tax breaks for wealthy Americans.
Republicans, including Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY), claim the bill “preserves and strengthens Medicaid” through work requirements, while Democrats like Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ) argue Republicans are “cutting people’s health care and using that money to give tax breaks to billionaires” rather than eliminating waste as claimed.
While you’re here enjoying DonkeyHotey’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics:
- GOP’s Reconciliation Bill Would Boot 8.6 Million Americans Off Medicaid
- Hijacking America: The Silent Coalition Behind Democracy’s Decline
- Other DonkeyHotey cartoons
Elon Musk caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0), lips (Artem Podrez / Pexels), building (Tom Fisk / Pexels), sidewalk (Scott Webb / Pexels), door (Pierre Blaché / Pexels), cafe (Oktay Köseoğlu / Pexels), light (Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia – CC BY-SA 4.0), ink bottle (Toshiyuki IMAI / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0), tap (Pavel Danilyuk / Pexels), speaker (Pixabay), body (ramoncarrizos / Pixabay), face (Anthony Crider / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), man (Iancu / Pixabay), tape (Missouri Historical Society / Wikimedia), two bodies (Uiliam Nörnberg / Pexels), woman (Hannah Bickmore / Pexels), face (Elvert Barnes / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0), man (Surprising_Media / Pixabay), face (Saffar Abdalah / Flickr – CC BY 2.0).
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