Show-Me Senator Hawley Moment Of Doubt On MAGA Medicaid Cuts

Let's not downplay this important budget fact of life . . .

CUTTING MEDICAID WILL THREATEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN MISSOURI!!!

 Not just in the urban core but throughout rural & suburban areas. Both conservative and progressive health will take a massive hit if/when the budget trims critical medical coverage. 

TKC Real Talk: Some of the most conservative people we've ever met are totally dependent on Medicaid for survival. 

And so . . . 

It's understandable that Senator Hawley might second guess this upcoming budget power play. Check-it:

Usually, when Congress gets down to the wire on a legislative deadline, the Senate tells the House what is possible and the House more or less goes along with what the Senate can pass, given its procedural limitations such as the filibuster. But the budget process, or what passes for the budget process these days, can scramble things a bit, and what we are observing now is a closely divided GOP-majority House turn the tables on the closely divided GOP-majority Senate. Asked about the extent of House-proposed cuts to the Medicaid health program, for instance, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., replied, “I don’t love that.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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