I guess hating Obama was more important to Republicans than the health of their constituents.
The refusal of many red states to take FREE MONEY to help people stay alive is one of the most shameful developments of the last decade. Why didn't more people object? Because those states are full of "news deserts"–places with no local newspaper. Dems shld organize around this. https://t.co/HYo5r99EX9
— Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) July 22, 2019
Tennessee could’ve had 100% of the cost of Medicaid paid for by the federal government for 200,000 people for three years, and at least 90% of the cost covered after that. Instead they decided to screw those people and themselves. https://t.co/7LbiTDK8VI
— Charles Gaba ✡️ (@charles_gaba) June 24, 2019
This WaPo story on Tennessee’s rural-health crisis is powerful — but it only mentions the state’s rejection of Medicaid expansion once, in passing. A similar WaPo story last month, on Oklahoma’s crisis, didn’t mention the state’s Medicaid rejection at all. https://t.co/NGKG1U6Qj8
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) June 24, 2019
Alabama needs to expand Medicaid. https://t.co/lpFJp8gfZK
— Doug Jones for Senate — onealabamavotes.com 🗳️ (@DougJonesHQ) July 23, 2019
What happened when states expanded access to medicaid for kids?
— John B. Holbein (@JohnHolbein1) July 19, 2019
Those kids:
▪️were more likely to go to college,
▪️had fewer kids and lower mortality rates (19-28),
▪️had higher adult wages (♀️ only),
▪️paid more in taxes
"Government[s] recoup[ed] $0.58 of each $1 they [spent]" pic.twitter.com/2r2HGp7uwy
Close to 90K children dropped from Missouri Medicaid program https://t.co/Mo7xAYd7fb #KMOV pic.twitter.com/hF7ylJfoxD
— KMOV (@KMOV) July 22, 2019
Trump is in Eastern NC to rally his base tonight. But his policies have hurt the poor & low wealth people of this area. Hospitals have closed in Eastern NC b/c of GOP’s refusal to expand Medicaid. His supporters in our state house have hurt Eastern NC.
— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) July 17, 2019
Sad! 