Jonathan V. Last
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Incidentally, right? Because like the people who are too hungry to eat food don't buy food. And then, you know, the people who are selling them food lose out.
You wrote also about updating – we'll just keep trashing Reagan's legacy today. Medicaid queens. One of the amendments that they gave to the Chip Roy's of the world, who are never going to vote against this anyway, so I'm not sure why they felt like they had to give him concessions.
You wrote also about updating – we'll just keep trashing Reagan's legacy today. Medicaid queens. One of the amendments that they gave to the Chip Roy's of the world, who are never going to vote against this anyway, so I'm not sure why they felt like they had to give him concessions.
You wrote also about updating – we'll just keep trashing Reagan's legacy today. Medicaid queens. One of the amendments that they gave to the Chip Roy's of the world, who are never going to vote against this anyway, so I'm not sure why they felt like they had to give him concessions.
But they gave some concessions to the pretend deficit hawks in the House that voted for the largest debt-busting bill ever, certainly in modern times. They moved up the work requirements for Medicaid from 2029 to 2026. You wrote about kind of this myth of the Medicaid queens. Just talk about that policy a little bit.
But they gave some concessions to the pretend deficit hawks in the House that voted for the largest debt-busting bill ever, certainly in modern times. They moved up the work requirements for Medicaid from 2029 to 2026. You wrote about kind of this myth of the Medicaid queens. Just talk about that policy a little bit.
But they gave some concessions to the pretend deficit hawks in the House that voted for the largest debt-busting bill ever, certainly in modern times. They moved up the work requirements for Medicaid from 2029 to 2026. You wrote about kind of this myth of the Medicaid queens. Just talk about that policy a little bit.
Jonathan Cohn wrote a terrific piece for you guys as well about this for the Bulwark.
Jonathan Cohn wrote a terrific piece for you guys as well about this for the Bulwark.
Jonathan Cohn wrote a terrific piece for you guys as well about this for the Bulwark.
Congrats to Jonathan Cohn, our newest Bulwark member who we love. And his son's getting married. His son's getting married. So I would have him on instead of you to talk about this. So you're going to have to talk about it in his place.
Congrats to Jonathan Cohn, our newest Bulwark member who we love. And his son's getting married. His son's getting married. So I would have him on instead of you to talk about this. So you're going to have to talk about it in his place.
Congrats to Jonathan Cohn, our newest Bulwark member who we love. And his son's getting married. His son's getting married. So I would have him on instead of you to talk about this. So you're going to have to talk about it in his place.
I will be there. I'm going to witness the event. The way this policy works is that you don't technically throw people off Medicaid, or at least not directly. What you do is you impose work requirements. Now, the overwhelming majority of the people on Medicaid are are eligible so they could pass the requirement. You have to be working, you have to be of working age.
I will be there. I'm going to witness the event. The way this policy works is that you don't technically throw people off Medicaid, or at least not directly. What you do is you impose work requirements. Now, the overwhelming majority of the people on Medicaid are are eligible so they could pass the requirement. You have to be working, you have to be of working age.
I will be there. I'm going to witness the event. The way this policy works is that you don't technically throw people off Medicaid, or at least not directly. What you do is you impose work requirements. Now, the overwhelming majority of the people on Medicaid are are eligible so they could pass the requirement. You have to be working, you have to be of working age.
So you have to prove that I'm too old or I have kids at home or I'm disabled or I'm working or I'm looking for a job. You have to go through these steps. And you have to go through them usually every month.
So you have to prove that I'm too old or I have kids at home or I'm disabled or I'm working or I'm looking for a job. You have to go through these steps. And you have to go through them usually every month.
So you have to prove that I'm too old or I have kids at home or I'm disabled or I'm working or I'm looking for a job. You have to go through these steps. And you have to go through them usually every month.
And if you've ever dealt with paperwork requirements from the government, these are like the worst version of paperwork requirements where it's like impossible to understand what they're asking for. It's impossible to get people on the phone to answer your questions. It's vague.