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Rhiannon12866

(234,563 posts)
Thu May 22, 2025, 08:45 PM 20 hrs ago

Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Medicare by $500 BILLION: Leaving States with No Hospitals w/Alex Lawson - Thom Hartmann



Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is cutting Medicaid & Medicare despite the Trump regime promising they would not cut Medicaid or Medicare. Alex Lawson, President of Social Security Works, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss the devasting cuts. - Aired on 05/22/2025.
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Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Medicare by $500 BILLION: Leaving States with No Hospitals w/Alex Lawson - Thom Hartmann (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 20 hrs ago OP
Red states overwhelmingly vote for this. Tootbsb 20 hrs ago #1
I am trying to understand how the cuts to Medicare will manifest. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #2
Same here and scary as hell Rhiannon12866 19 hrs ago #3

Rhiannon12866

(234,563 posts)
3. Same here and scary as hell
Thu May 22, 2025, 09:58 PM
19 hrs ago

I'm on it now and I know two others who recently signed up. When I get bills from the ENT I've been seeing, I'm extremely grateful since the bill is so high, but I only have to pay a small portion of it.

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