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Shock and fury as Trump administration holds back Medicaid funding to states over alleged caregiving fraud

The Trump administration announced last month that it would hold back $867m in Medicaid funding for California, joining an earlier halt of $1.34bn – totaling $2.2bn in withheld payments to the state. Officials are also holding on to a total of $550m in Medicaid funding for Minnesota from the past three quarters.

The amounts would cover services already paid by the states, for which the federal government normally partly reimburses them – creating a budgetary strain for the states, which have continued to cover Medicaid services despite the federal halt.

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[-] EggInDisguise 12 points 1 day ago

With new rules going into place in Ohio soon, I fully expect a few people I know to die due to lack of medical access. New requirements state 80hrs/mo of work, there have been times I myself wouldn't have qualified while working the only job I could find at the time. Some people I know are unable to hold a job due to their medical needs, such as medication, access to bathroom, and other issues.

When they can't get the medication that allows them to have abnormal but livable conditions, what will they do?

The answer the administration is thinking but won't say out loud: die. That's it, they literally want poor and disabled people to die if they aren't wage slaves.

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