is Chris Coumo right and if so, what can we do?

[DonCoquixote]

Last night, Chris Coumo said that if the Dems use reconciliation, there will be cuts to programs including Medicare. Is this true, and if so, what can we do about it?

[SoonerPride]

1. That doesn't sound even close to being right

I didn’t see his show but I wouldn’t expect any cuts to Medicare with Democrats in control of the house senate and WH

[OhNo-Really]

10. No but Twitter bots are spreading this lie. Let's not help them, k?

Example of a bot with 4 followers

Link to tweet

So let’s ignore the horses ass, and go to the truth.

Remember that awesome government department “The Center on Budget & Priorities” that teaches us about budget issues?

It’s back! Thank you President Biden!

All you need to know about Reconciliation & The Budget can be found in this paper.

Did you really think Sanders, Pelosi, Schumer, Harris or President Biden would undercut Medicaid during a freaking pandemic? If so, I have this piece of land for sale.......🤷🏻?♀️

May I suggest logic & research before adding to a right wing assault. Chris Cuomo isn’t a reliable source. Listen to Cable news with an ear of discernment. Always research your questions.

I found this on my first search effort using two words:

Reconciliation Medicaid

Enjoy learning how Reconciliation works.

Introduction to Budget “Reconciliation”

JANUARY 21, 2021
BY RICHARD KOGAN DAVID REICH

With majorities in the House and Senate, Democratic leaders may well use a special legislative process called “reconciliation” to quickly advance high-priority fiscal legislation. Created by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/introduction-to-budget-reconciliation

[OhNo-Really]

12. The twitter bot can't spell either

[Bev54]

14. No and as often happens Chris makes statements that he clearly does not understand

He was schooled by his guest, can't remember him, that this was an emergency request and thus not subject to having to cut other programs to cover for it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. sounds incorrect. sounds like fear mongering

[DonCoquixote]

3. I think he was referring to this

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-risk-unintended-medicare-cuts-if-they-pass-partisan-covid-n1256375

[getagrip_already]

4. well, he is probably referring to the byrd rule.....

which I think says that every spending bill needs to be offset with cuts not including tax increases.

So to keep with the rule, we need to offset the spending with cuts.

but rules were made to be broken....... and laws can be undone.

[LakeArenal]

5. They are more like guidelines anyway.

[getagrip_already]

6. I think in this case it's a law.....

but still, it can be undone or worked around.

[LakeArenal]

15. Just a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean. Argggh

[Blue_true]

8. Sounds like a rule that is ripe to be broken.

Republicans didn’t hesitate to break rules and norms when they had control. Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer should run them right over.

[The empressof all]

7. They can designate and tie it in to cut farm subsidies

Then the pressure will be on Republicans to reach that threshold to get that extra funding for their pet projects. There are ways around it.

[getagrip_already]

9. or just reclassify the tax cuts previously passed as spending on the rich......

Then they will qualify.

[Blue_true]

13. I totally agree. Why let republicans decide what will be cut.

We should designate farm and oil subsidies and rural aid (for roads, electrification, broadband), then let republicans decide which of the three gets the axe. They routinely punished cities, suburbs and blue states when they had control, time to put the shoe on the other foot.

[uponit7771]

18. +1,

[MontanaFarmer]

11. He's partially right.

Cedric Richmond was on and talked about it. That rule applies to permanent spending via reconciliation. These outlays are written to sunset in the current bill, so the Byrd rule isn't going to apply.

[uponit7771]

17. ***THEY WILL DO IT ANYWAY !!!*** WTF Chris !? What MORE does the kGOP have to EMPERICALLY do to

... prove to you and other "we can work with the QGOP" folk that these people aren't interested in what America stands for.

We go hard legislatively or the country goes away,

The average voter could give a damn about reconciliation or filibusters they only know what dems promised and what wasn't put through and could care less about "they held it up".

There's no opposition party right now, the QGOP wants to see it burn

[I_UndergroundPanther]

19. I think the byrd rule

Needs to be eliminated.

Fuck that shell game.