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WATCH: Ernst on Medicaid, SNAP cuts: “Well, we all are going to die.”
US Sen. Joni Ernst was asked about Medicaid and SNAP cuts. An audience member shouted “people will die” as a result of the change. Ernst’s response was revealing.
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WATCH: Iowa is facing a health care crisis. Republicans want to cut Medicaid.
Would you rather: A. Fund tax cuts for billionaires? OR B. Keep Medicaid going for millions of Americans? US House Republicans are picking “A.” They want to cut at least $880 billion from Medicaid funding to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks that will mainly help the richest Americans. That would…
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WATCH: Iowa to deliver SNAP recipient data to the federal government
Rich people surveilling poor people for… being poor. Right.
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WATCH: Who is the “Big Beautiful Bill” for?
We’re wading through this tax bill. And it’s not looking good.
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WATCH: A door to unwinding Medicaid expansion in Iowa
Federal and state budgets are connected. When fewer Medicaid dollars flow to the states, those cuts have to be made somewhere.
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WATCH: What you need to know about the US House reconciliation bill
Real efficient government (for rich people)
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WATCH: How US House Republicans’ Medicaid cuts will impact Iowans
US House Republicans are pushing for major Medicaid cuts. Anne Discher, executive director of Common Good Iowa, explains how that will impact Iowa.
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WATCH: How Medicaid cuts impact states
There are only so many ways that states like Iowa can deal with House Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid: decrease service or the number of people served.
