In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule allowing states to tie Medicaid eligibility to employment, a first in the program’s 50-year history. The policy shift was the result of decades of work by Republicans who believe – contrary to empirical evidence
So the accounting firm of Deloitte has already been paid $2.4 million and stands to earn a great deal more while those who deal with some kind of disability go without the ability to be seen by a doctor. Tesnim and Rebecca show that many Republican governors are eager to join Georgia's Brian Kemp for no sane reason other than to punish the poor. Remember, that all of this took place beginning in 2020, the year that Covid 19 pervaded our whole country.
When I worked for NYC, it spent hundreds of millions to implement a timekeeping system. It never worked, but the consulting company raked in huge profits. NYC tried to implement a workflow system to charge work to specific areas. That was also a costly boondoggle as a consultant company raked in big bucks. Neither has to do with this Medicaid situation but follow the money. Republicans don’t care about people, especially poor people. They care about power and money. I’m certain the consultants who collect the profits have people with connections to the government, as have been shown in many, many areas. They’re no longer even subtle about it.
It is amazing that anyone votes Republican who is not super wealthy. I assume they embrace this boondoggle because their churches are telling them to vote for these people based on ideas that have nothing to do with real quality of living.
Meanwhile, in at least 2 of the 10 states where Republican’s control the legislature or Governor’s office or both, and have refused to expand Medicare coverage under ObamaCare, small rural hospitals are gong bankrupt and closing because they can’t get paid for the services they offer to low income people. This is happening in TN and WI but there is very little news coverage about it nationally. I wonder why?
Tennessee resident, here🙋♂️ Our republican governor and legislators love watching other red states to see how cruel they are being to their citizens so Tennessee can follow 😢
What a crazy mess! So stupid. And don't these programs put a tremendous burden on hospitals and health care providers, with hundreds of thousands with no insurance and little ability to pay the exorbitant costs of the US healthcare system?
It's a disaster only if you think the role of government is to better all lives, not just the lives of the wealthy. What a silly concept, helping the less well-off.
I reside in NE Georgia. Georgia, and especially in low income areas like the hill area, ( in general) it is largely republican. ( Go figure..they do little if anything for them. I am an anomaly..an Independent that always votes Blue here. ) when Biden ran for office against trump, I had his sign in my sub division of 145 homes. The only Biden sign in the neighborhood; albeit some folks did give me a "thumbs up" when they drove by my home. I still can't understand folks voting against their own self interests. Especially when it comes to young people & older folks, not retired but truly unable to find a job that pays decent with good benefits here. But overall, Republicans still appear to have a stranglehold here. Lots of reasons why, I suppose, but we need more folks from the west coast & new England to move here, & change the state Blue...imo. Having talked to some of my neighbors who have the " pulled myself up by my boot straps" mentality, I've figured out how & why they think the way they do. When queried, did you grow in a 2 parent family, with at least 1 parent working in a decent paying field with benefits? Did you own a home & eat regularly? Then you were doing better than more than half the folks or more, in Georgia. Dire poverty seems to have been the case for many growing up in the 60's & 70's. For some, there's got to be an object lesson in there. A " walk a mile in my shoes" moment, or they just can't imagine it or empathize.
It’s the propaganda of FOX and other right-wing-nut TV and radio talk shows and the “anti-social” media of Twitter (excuse me, X) and Facebook that has effectively turned both well educated and non-educated into babbling buffoons. It started when the FCC granted licenses to broadcast “garbage” as news by shelving the Fairness Doctrine. That occurred under Reagan and hasn’t stopped. The 1st Amendment has been turned upside down by the “Supremes” appointed by Republican presidents and the rest is history.
Well said. Yes, am aware of the fairness doctrine. I've been lambasted over my commentaries about Reagan over the years; that imo, those two terms impacted the course of the middle class & the focus of the wealthy to accrue as much wealth as possible, without concern for those who were employed in their business'. Shipping business' overseas or to Mexico, for more profit, without concern for what would happen to jobs here & Americans who lost them. My understanding from some reading I've done, suggested that certain factions of the Reagan administration, encouraged this practice...especially in the auto industry. When automotive mfgs. were encouraged to leave the country, not only did those workers lose jobs, but the ancillary business' around Detroit that supported that industry, lost jobs & entire communities that once thrived were blighted.
Remember that about half of the people (or more because many just don't vote) in every state including Texas are blue in their minds and hearts. I remember when Charles Barkley went down to Alabama to get black men to register to vote--that ended up with the wonderful Doug Jones winning the Senate seat. (only to be repaced next time by the football famous fool, Tommy Tupperville).
I was born and raised in WI when it was a progressive state, before FOX "Not-Really-The News" turned the state bright red. I now live in TN -the g'kid's being the "magnet" - but can't stand the politics here. The meanness of the Governor and State Legislature are awful. Hard to imagine that TN was at one time "blue" or at least rationale. Did "FOX" do the same thing here it did to WI?
I’ve been crying “Fox” in America’s henhouse for several years, to no avail. The disinformation industry hides behind our very liberal First Amendment and divides the country dangerously. I don’t believe the founders meant for the 1st Amendment as an eventual poison pill.
Work requirements for both Medicaid and child tax credit vastly increase costs, and help drastically fewer people. They also hurt the poorest the most.
And imposing work requirements for both programs on a stay at home parent is the ultimate in FUCK YOU CLOWN isn’t it? Since caregiving at home most assuredly doesn’t count to them. Pro family and pro life they most definitely aren’t, without doing a thing to support children and families.
Nothing new about this obviously just stating what needs said.
Georgia has become a disaster in the last forty years, and I am not even sure why. It used to be a beacon of southern progressivism, like North Carolina. That is why all of us need to be aware that the struggle for democracy is never over — not in 2020, 2024, or any other year. The question is whether we can stomach much more of media-made politics and fund-raising.
Think reagan coined the term 'welfare Queens' as a jab to women and poc while they're actually doling out to 'welfare kings=oligarchs, corporations, by stealing from these programs, looks like to punish the poor for being poor!, in spite and after helping them steal in the name of tax subsidies,and tax breaks or evade taxes completely with loopholes.
Required follow up reading: add “When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe to your weekend reading list. Consulting firms are almost as pervasively bad as lobbying to me: https://bookshop.org/a/72042/9780385546232
So the accounting firm of Deloitte has already been paid $2.4 million and stands to earn a great deal more while those who deal with some kind of disability go without the ability to be seen by a doctor. Tesnim and Rebecca show that many Republican governors are eager to join Georgia's Brian Kemp for no sane reason other than to punish the poor. Remember, that all of this took place beginning in 2020, the year that Covid 19 pervaded our whole country.
When I worked for NYC, it spent hundreds of millions to implement a timekeeping system. It never worked, but the consulting company raked in huge profits. NYC tried to implement a workflow system to charge work to specific areas. That was also a costly boondoggle as a consultant company raked in big bucks. Neither has to do with this Medicaid situation but follow the money. Republicans don’t care about people, especially poor people. They care about power and money. I’m certain the consultants who collect the profits have people with connections to the government, as have been shown in many, many areas. They’re no longer even subtle about it.
It is amazing that anyone votes Republican who is not super wealthy. I assume they embrace this boondoggle because their churches are telling them to vote for these people based on ideas that have nothing to do with real quality of living.
Thanks, it helps us all when we learn specific practices that cost us money and give us nothing in return!
Who's got ties in Deloitte ( consulting firm) to someone in the Georgia legislature or the Governor's office? You've always got to follow the $$.
Republican health plan—just die
Exactly....
I am an advocate for my disabled adult daughter. If they want a fight, I will bring it to them. Fuck these heartless bastards!
Also parent/caregiver for my disabled adult son. I agree; Fuck them for their lack of humanity.
Great report on Georgia/Medicaid.
Another Take away:
Deloitte is almost always on your lists of donors to Republicans and other things that make me shudder. Now we have an example of why they give.
So they can receive.
Meanwhile, in at least 2 of the 10 states where Republican’s control the legislature or Governor’s office or both, and have refused to expand Medicare coverage under ObamaCare, small rural hospitals are gong bankrupt and closing because they can’t get paid for the services they offer to low income people. This is happening in TN and WI but there is very little news coverage about it nationally. I wonder why?
Tennessee resident, here🙋♂️ Our republican governor and legislators love watching other red states to see how cruel they are being to their citizens so Tennessee can follow 😢
Nose, meet face.
What a crazy mess! So stupid. And don't these programs put a tremendous burden on hospitals and health care providers, with hundreds of thousands with no insurance and little ability to pay the exorbitant costs of the US healthcare system?
"𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 (𝘒𝘍𝘍) 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘦𝘮𝘱’𝘴 “𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦” 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 “𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 $26 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 90% 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘸-𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”
Feature, not bug. Siphoning as much as possible of that sweet sweet 'free' money from the Feds into their and their pal's pockets.
It's a disaster only if you think the role of government is to better all lives, not just the lives of the wealthy. What a silly concept, helping the less well-off.
The Republican montra: "No matter what the cost, if you're suffering, we're happy."
I have to wonder how much Kemp is getting in kickbacks, …..sorry, meant political donations, for his vile program.
Fight poverty, not the poor.
It's hard to feel bad for the people of Georgia when they vote for this stuff. Putting people like MTG in public office, you reap what you sow...
I reside in NE Georgia. Georgia, and especially in low income areas like the hill area, ( in general) it is largely republican. ( Go figure..they do little if anything for them. I am an anomaly..an Independent that always votes Blue here. ) when Biden ran for office against trump, I had his sign in my sub division of 145 homes. The only Biden sign in the neighborhood; albeit some folks did give me a "thumbs up" when they drove by my home. I still can't understand folks voting against their own self interests. Especially when it comes to young people & older folks, not retired but truly unable to find a job that pays decent with good benefits here. But overall, Republicans still appear to have a stranglehold here. Lots of reasons why, I suppose, but we need more folks from the west coast & new England to move here, & change the state Blue...imo. Having talked to some of my neighbors who have the " pulled myself up by my boot straps" mentality, I've figured out how & why they think the way they do. When queried, did you grow in a 2 parent family, with at least 1 parent working in a decent paying field with benefits? Did you own a home & eat regularly? Then you were doing better than more than half the folks or more, in Georgia. Dire poverty seems to have been the case for many growing up in the 60's & 70's. For some, there's got to be an object lesson in there. A " walk a mile in my shoes" moment, or they just can't imagine it or empathize.
It’s the propaganda of FOX and other right-wing-nut TV and radio talk shows and the “anti-social” media of Twitter (excuse me, X) and Facebook that has effectively turned both well educated and non-educated into babbling buffoons. It started when the FCC granted licenses to broadcast “garbage” as news by shelving the Fairness Doctrine. That occurred under Reagan and hasn’t stopped. The 1st Amendment has been turned upside down by the “Supremes” appointed by Republican presidents and the rest is history.
Well said. Yes, am aware of the fairness doctrine. I've been lambasted over my commentaries about Reagan over the years; that imo, those two terms impacted the course of the middle class & the focus of the wealthy to accrue as much wealth as possible, without concern for those who were employed in their business'. Shipping business' overseas or to Mexico, for more profit, without concern for what would happen to jobs here & Americans who lost them. My understanding from some reading I've done, suggested that certain factions of the Reagan administration, encouraged this practice...especially in the auto industry. When automotive mfgs. were encouraged to leave the country, not only did those workers lose jobs, but the ancillary business' around Detroit that supported that industry, lost jobs & entire communities that once thrived were blighted.
Remember that about half of the people (or more because many just don't vote) in every state including Texas are blue in their minds and hearts. I remember when Charles Barkley went down to Alabama to get black men to register to vote--that ended up with the wonderful Doug Jones winning the Senate seat. (only to be repaced next time by the football famous fool, Tommy Tupperville).
I was born and raised in WI when it was a progressive state, before FOX "Not-Really-The News" turned the state bright red. I now live in TN -the g'kid's being the "magnet" - but can't stand the politics here. The meanness of the Governor and State Legislature are awful. Hard to imagine that TN was at one time "blue" or at least rationale. Did "FOX" do the same thing here it did to WI?
I’ve been crying “Fox” in America’s henhouse for several years, to no avail. The disinformation industry hides behind our very liberal First Amendment and divides the country dangerously. I don’t believe the founders meant for the 1st Amendment as an eventual poison pill.
Work requirements for both Medicaid and child tax credit vastly increase costs, and help drastically fewer people. They also hurt the poorest the most.
And imposing work requirements for both programs on a stay at home parent is the ultimate in FUCK YOU CLOWN isn’t it? Since caregiving at home most assuredly doesn’t count to them. Pro family and pro life they most definitely aren’t, without doing a thing to support children and families.
Nothing new about this obviously just stating what needs said.
Georgia has become a disaster in the last forty years, and I am not even sure why. It used to be a beacon of southern progressivism, like North Carolina. That is why all of us need to be aware that the struggle for democracy is never over — not in 2020, 2024, or any other year. The question is whether we can stomach much more of media-made politics and fund-raising.
Think reagan coined the term 'welfare Queens' as a jab to women and poc while they're actually doling out to 'welfare kings=oligarchs, corporations, by stealing from these programs, looks like to punish the poor for being poor!, in spite and after helping them steal in the name of tax subsidies,and tax breaks or evade taxes completely with loopholes.
Required follow up reading: add “When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe to your weekend reading list. Consulting firms are almost as pervasively bad as lobbying to me: https://bookshop.org/a/72042/9780385546232