While the headlines focus on the crashing stock market and endless political drama, something even more dangerous is happening behind the scenes. The GOP is quietly advancing a bill to gut Medicaid — a program over 79 million Americans rely on.
Why?
To hand out billions in tax cuts to the richest people on Earth — people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg.
This isn’t about balancing a budget. It’s about prioritizing yachts over wheelchairs, private jets over nursing homes, and billionaire greed over human need.
And they’re counting on us not noticing.
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Most people hear “Medicaid” and think it only impacts the very poor. But the truth is, Medicaid is woven into every corner of American life — including yours.
It covers your coworker’s cancer treatment.
Your neighbor’s disabled child’s therapy.
Your grandparent’s nursing home.
Your friend’s antidepressants.
The therapist helping a teen through trauma.
And that’s just the beginning.
Medicaid is lifelong health care for people with disabilities — often their only insurance. Without it, many would have nothing.
It covers maternity care and finances nearly half of all births in the U.S.
It ensures kids get vaccines, checkups, and developmental screenings, and it pays for hearing aids, eyeglasses, and wheelchairs.
It funds job training and supported employment so people with disabilities can contribute meaningfully to their communities.
It provides in-home support, keeping families together and out of institutions.
It gives caregivers — often family members — a small income so they can continue to provide care at home.