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Yet another out-of-touch Republican spins losing Medicaid as a good thing
Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma appeared on CNBC Thursday to tell everybody to stop being so dramatic about millions of Americans potentially losing their health insurance if President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” passes into law.
“People are screaming and saying, ‘Hey it’s kicking people off Medicaid.’ It's not kicking people off Medicaid. It's transitioning from Medicaid to employer-provided health care. So, yes, we've got 10 million people that are not going to be on Medicaid, but they then are going to be on employer-provided health care,” he said.
Lankford’s vision of universal “employer-provided” health care is a fantasy. The bill’s harsher work requirements are estimated to result in more than 8 million people losing Medicaid—many of whom are low-income, middle-aged women who care for disabled and senior family members.
As for private-sector insurance, the odds are not in your favor unless you can work full time for a company that offers good benefits. But even then, you’ll need to make it into the top 5% of earners to avoid health insurance premiums eating a huge chunk of your wages. And if you work for a small business, your chance of having access to full benefits is a coin toss.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/5/2326154/-Yet-another-out-of-touch-Republican-spins-losing-Medicaid-as-a-good-thing
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