Leaked GOP list outlines plan to cut $479B from Medicare: Politico

[turbinetree]

Last edited Fri Jan 10, 2025, 07:02 PM - Edit history (1)

By Sarah K. Burris
Published January 10, 2025 3:56 PM ET

Politico has acquired an early list from Republican lawmakers that shows the programs they're considering slashing from the federal government.

It includes things like welfare, funds for climate programs, and the Affordable Care Act. It also states Republicans are looking at "changes" to Medicare — something Donald Trump and many Republicans promised they wouldn't touch.

According to the list, published by Politico Friday, there are three big cuts to Medicare. Among those is the decision to equalize all payments across the country for the same procedure.

https://www.rawstory.com/medicare-cuts-2670794479/

To the RW maga fascist that voted to have RW fascist leading this country...........and this goes out to every senior that voted this tax increase RW assholes into office...........this is not a democrat proposal , let me repeat this ............this is not a democrat proposal for seniors to get a tax increase out of your Medicare Part A & B plan this is a bait and switch maneuver by republicans again............... let me repeat this.............this is a bait and switch maneuver to fuck every senior on a fixed income to pay a tax on procedures we the seniors in this country are going to lose over 475 billion in our earned right to have health care covered ..............now the RW cretins are in the FAFO ...............you were warned........... ..............

And if you are so inclined like I am here is a number to call..............

[phone] for the U.S. House switchboard operator and this includes you senator.......

[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick for visibility

[Lovie777]

2. Seniors that supported republicans for years............

what say you.

The young, ready for no healthcare, benefits re jobs or even retirement, how about gearing up for war.

[choie]

34. "seniors" are not a monolith.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. Seniors need to start raising hell and contacting local media!

[flamingdem]

4. Omg. This would bankrupt seniors in expensive urban areas.

This is one stinking pile!

This is the end of Medicare basically.

At a minimum it would ruin supplemental plans that work with traditional medicare.
They would have to take all the burden of costs. They wouldn't stay in business.

"Currently, if someone on Medicare has a heart attack in Oklahoma, the costs would be different to the same procedure in Florida. The GOP wants to give the same amount regardless of location. So, if a Medicare patient lives in an area where medical care is more expensive, they will be on the hook for any overages."

[SheltieLover]

5. K&R

[turbinetree]

6. This just pisses me off to no end........

[SheltieLover]

8. Same here!

[Silent Type]

7. No cut is warranted. But the cut mentioned for Medicare is over 10 years. That's about 5% of annual

Medicare budget ($850 Billion), assuming they get what they propose, which is unlikely.

[B.See]

9. File under:

F'd around and F-ing OUT.

[OMGWTF]

10. Just in time for the rest of the Baby Boomers to get screwed by Rethuglicans.

[djacq]

11. Project 2025?

[Ilsa]

12. The whole thieving setup makes me wish I

had learned to be a hacker so I steal from the billionaires.

[kimbutgar]

13. I want to get a shirt that says :

Don’t blame me I didn’t vote for the convicted felon.

[BonnieJW]

18. Say Felon 47

Short and sweet

[rasputin1952]

15. I don't hink this willl go anywhere...

the Third Rail is serious.

It's red meat for MAGAts (who are clueless as to what they would lose under such a scam).

Reagan used funds to cover his "Trickle Down" bullshit, that put SS, Medicare, and other programs at risk. Until then, the funds were separate under a Trust.

Far too many people rely on these programs to make it through the month or tackle medical problems. I'm covered by the VA (read: Govt sponsored HealthCare) and have no problems with getting anything I need. I don't have much in assets, but I can get by on SS and VA Disability. With rising prices and being there for family and fellow veterans, things might get ugly.

I'll live in my car before I can let people go hungry.

[Silent Type]

17. I agree, too many GOPers on SS, Medicare, etc. They'll tweak a few thing, rename laws, and declare victory.

At least I hope.

[3auld6phart]

21. Bleak

Times ahead for seniors a low income! Disabled types . What I find hard to believe is is the numbers of serving and retired members of the armed Forces that voted for that orange narcissist.

[rasputin1952]

26. I admit I am astonished when I go to the VA...

and find them.

Some of them far worse than me considering injuries. I have all of my limbs.

[Cha]

27. I Hope you're right!

[Skittles]

37. they will be going after VA benefits too

count on it

[rasputin1952]

40. Agreed...

I am an Advocate for Veterans.

When in Boston, I had no problem going to the Top and airing my grievances (not for myself), but others that I thought were being denied the care they needed.

An aside, I have a black baseball cap with "Dysfunctional Veteran" over the classic National Seal and "Leave Me Alone" beneath.
At one point one of the "jacket and tie" yahoo's told me he found my cap "offensive".
Me: "OK, can you read?"
He: "Of course."
Me: "Take note of the second line."
He: "I would like you to take the cap off."
Me: "Shut the F*ck up and get out of my space, I've left better men than you lying face down in a rice paddy. Don't tell me what I can wear."
He: "Excuse me?"
Me: "This ends now, I'm here for a PTSD appointment with Mental Health the last thing I need is to be stressed by a piss-ant, f*ck off".

There were several Vets in the Waiting Area, various branches, one from WWII, the rest were Korea, Vietnam (like me), Desert Storm. A fellow 'nam vet asked me where I got the cap, I told him, and all nine of them grinned and said they knew the place, and would be going there.

I love my brothers and sisters who served. I'll be here for them as long as I can still breathe.

[dalton99a]

16. Kick

[Rebl2]

19. What

have I heard everyday republican and democratic seniors say for years now. Don’t touch my social security or Medicare insurance.

[AZ8theist]

25. What I have heard (and seen) is MIND-NUMBING, MONUMENTAL STUPIDITY:

Only in MAGAT MORON America can people be this fucking stupid.
It's absolutely depressing I share a country with so many fucking IMBECILES.

(It's a failure of education in America that produces so many dolts who can't spell)

[rasputin1952]

28. WOW!!!

I had not seen those before.

These people really are incredibly stupid.

[AZ8theist]

30. Google "keep government out of medicare" and you'll see TONS of examples......

Another one said something like "Repeal Obama Care, but don't touch my ACA!!"

Like I said, MONUMENTALY STUPID......

[rasputin1952]

32. Cool!

Generally speaking, I avoid MAGAt crap, but this is just too much to pass over!

[yardwork]

36. These signs remind me of the meanest, stupidest kids in middle school.

[Baron2024]

20. If The GOP Wants To Save $450 Billion Dollars

If the GOP wants to save $450 billion dollars a year, they should support Medicare For All. Medicare for All would save an estimated $450 billion dollars a year. Here is the summary to an article from the Lancet that supports that number.

[Faulty link to the Lancet article deleted. It is an article from February 15, 2020 in the Lancet called "Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA" for anyone that cares to search for the article.]

[JHB]

23. Persistent link below:

Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Galvani, Alison P et al.
The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10223, 524 - 533


(Need to use the hyperlink function because DU's automatic linking cuts it off at the " ( " in the URL)

[Baron2024]

24. Thank You

Appreciate the link.

[JHB]

22. The proper term isn't "cut". The proper term is STEAL.

They want to STEAL money from Medicare (and Social Security, and other things) to offset the the HANDOUTS (tax cuts) they plan to give to the wealthy.

[rasputin1952]

29. Touche' n/t

[AZ8theist]

31. It's not "handouts". It's billionaire WELFARE. We need to frame it that way.....

[JHB]

33. ToMAYto, toMAHto. It's handouts and welfare to the richest people in the world.

For all the moaning and groaning about "unworthy" vs "worthy" poor, I think we can get agreement that rich people are solidly "unworthy."

[Delmette2.0]

35. Thank you!

I just now entered it on my phone's contact list.

[totodeinhere]

38. I agree with some of what you said. But not everyone who voted for Trump was a fascist.

I think that the language you used will just further divide this country. A lot of Trump voters were reacting to stresses in their life that they didn't believe were adequately addressed by the Biden Administration so they were lashing out in frustration and voting for change. Of course many of those voters will eventually realize that their vote was not in their best interest. But making a mistake out of frustration and ignorance does not make them fascists.

[valleyrogue]

39. Not gonna happen.

Medicare is collected through separate taxes, just as SS is.

The GOP is completely full of shit, as usual.