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| A man may smile, and smile, and uninsure 20 million |
I have an op-ed up this today on nj.com decoding a statement by the famously uncommunicative Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ-7) that signals in Republican-speak that he’s on board with defunding the ACA Medicaid expansion. Below is the TLDR:
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How will Republicans honor Trump’s promise not to “touch” Medicaid while reducing federal funding for the program by hundreds of billions of dollars? Leave it to purported “moderate” Rep Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-7) to channel the emerging MAGA party line. On March 6, Kean told the Record:
I support strong Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs for those who depend on them. Children, seniors, and those who are disabled rely on these crucial programs…I do not support these programs being riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse — that is a direct threat to their actual missions.
While Kean vows to protect coverage for children, seniors, and the disabled, note the group of Medicaid enrollees his vow excludes: low-income adults who are not on disability. That’s the group rendered eligible for Medicaid by the Affordable Care Act. They are the “waste” Republicans propose to uninsure to help fund the resolution’s target $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy....
