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In reply to the discussion: GOP eyes bailout for hospitals poised to go broke from Medicaid cuts [View all]BumRushDaShow
(164,494 posts)7. "I assume it will only be used in red states?"
ALOT of their voters like here in PA as you know, ARE in the "rural areas" - and that includes "blue" states like CA & NY.
All you have to do is look at a color-coded map of every state and their vote in the 2024 election. You see the "blue dots" (and/or county regions, which have the most population and majority (D)s) embedded in wide swaths of red, that the GOP keeps pointing to to claim that "they are the majority" although many of their red counties are barely the population of a blue city's single neighborhood.
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This is their most-hated state of CA -

In CA, the cities are mostly clustered near the coast and much of the rest of the state (bar Sacramento & Fresno) is rural.
IL voted for Harris but -
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NY voted for Harris but -
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GOP eyes bailout for hospitals poised to go broke from Medicaid cuts [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2025
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No, not overly simplistic . . . but it might displease President Enraged Baby Huey . . .
hatrack
Jun 2025
#9
I totally agree, boonecreek. That's the first thing I thought of when I read this original post.
wordstroken
Jun 2025
#15
Wouldn't it be more efficient to just fund Medicaid so the hospitals can do their job?
Eugene
Jun 2025
#6
SO let me get this straight they are going to rob Peter to pay Paul...............
turbinetree
Jun 2025
#23
Here's a thought. You wouldn't have to do a bailout if you would just leave Medicaid alone.
Baitball Blogger
Jun 2025
#25
"Eyeing a bailout" after stealing medicaid money for oligarchs is one thing. Actually doing it is another. IF they do,
ancianita
Jun 2025
#26
Correction bailout to the venture capitalist groups who are bankrupting those hospitals
JT45242
Jun 2025
#29
Turning a deliberative funding mechanism into a personal extortion racket
Prairie Gates
Jun 2025
#30
Think about this. They want to offset the money they save from cutting people off....
JohnnyRingo
Jun 2025
#31
Stupid. Just like firing hundreds of essential federal personnel and then hiring them back. To save money?
Martin68
Jun 2025
#42
The rich don't need too many hospitals. They have boutique medicine.
littlemissmartypants
Jun 2025
#43