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Michigan Republicans vote to take Medicaid away from unemployed workers (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2018 OP
This means they have no recourse for insurance. You can't get Obama care without a certain income Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #1
vote the bastards out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Apr 2018 #2
Immoral, evil, corrupt, useless - except to their corporate masters... GReedDiamond Apr 2018 #3
I hate religious fanatics atreides1 Apr 2018 #4
LOL. nt Blue_true Apr 2018 #7
One Could Actually Crucify Them And Use Real Nails. TheMastersNemesis Apr 2018 #10
We'd have to use spikes on those guys meow2u3 Apr 2018 #11
Best safety net family??? His mom sets broken legs? dembotoz Apr 2018 #5
Everyones family can chip in lunch money for brain surgery or an organ transplant lostnfound Apr 2018 #20
What about people that don't have family? Luciferous Apr 2018 #6
They don't give a shit. Blue_true Apr 2018 #8
Beast predators. -GoFundMe as the New Social Safety Net, The Guardian appalachiablue Apr 2018 #9
I dont support this type legislation, but there are many exemptions such as Hoyt Apr 2018 #12
How very unChristian of them. TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #13
So......if they get sick, they don't get any help getting better, Aristus Apr 2018 #14
Didnt Jesus say take care of the poor and sick? kimbutgar Apr 2018 #15
lacking hearts, compassion, empathy...i loathe these people spanone Apr 2018 #16
Michigan voted red. This is the government they selected. ecstatic Apr 2018 #17
They Just Die Off Sooner. End Of Problem. TheMastersNemesis Apr 2018 #18
And this puts a heavier burden on their families peabody Apr 2018 #19
Geez this is even worse than than the one their doing in Ky standingtall Apr 2018 #21

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)
1. This means they have no recourse for insurance. You can't get Obama care without a certain income
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:02 PM
Apr 2018

around $12,000. Let's hope that Michigan shows these bastards the door.

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)
3. Immoral, evil, corrupt, useless - except to their corporate masters...
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:10 PM
Apr 2018

...repukes are a plague upon us all.

atreides1

(16,079 posts)
4. I hate religious fanatics
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:14 PM
Apr 2018

I really want to nail these religious fanatics to a tree and then set the tree on fire...if their faith is real then their God will protect them from harm...if they have no faith then they'll look like Joan of Arc!!!

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
11. We'd have to use spikes on those guys
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:41 PM
Apr 2018

because nails would be too short to penetrate their thick skulls.

lostnfound

(16,180 posts)
20. Everyones family can chip in lunch money for brain surgery or an organ transplant
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 08:59 AM
Apr 2018

Especially orphaned only-children and fulltime unpaid caregivers

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. They don't give a shit.
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:24 PM
Apr 2018

For them, once a person is out of the womb, that person is on his or her own.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
12. I dont support this type legislation, but there are many exemptions such as
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:53 PM
Apr 2018

those receiving unemployment, disability, pregnant women.

You would meet the requirements with work, employment-related education, job or vocational training, an internship, being a caretaker, in substance abuse treatment, full time student, and of course with serious medical or mental conditions. Most states allow volunteer work too.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2018-04-19/michigan-senate-medicaid-recipients-must-find-work

The biggest problem is how callous GOPers administer the program.

Fastest way to end this junk is get out the vote. This whole scheme began with trump admin’s approval, and it won’t start until October 2019.

Aristus

(66,386 posts)
14. So......if they get sick, they don't get any help getting better,
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 09:59 PM
Apr 2018

which would increasing their chances of securing work?

Nice job breaking it, geniuses!

kimbutgar

(21,160 posts)
15. Didnt Jesus say take care of the poor and sick?
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 12:00 AM
Apr 2018

Seems the Michigan rethugs didn’t read that part of the New Testament.

ecstatic

(32,707 posts)
17. Michigan voted red. This is the government they selected.
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 12:48 AM
Apr 2018

As much as this news is disgusting and heart wrenching, it's also infuriating. They voted for this shit. At some point, there are repercussions. I feel the same way about my current state.

peabody

(445 posts)
19. And this puts a heavier burden on their families
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 02:06 AM
Apr 2018

if they even have a family to fall back on in the first place. What a heartless and cruel party.

standingtall

(2,785 posts)
21. Geez this is even worse than than the one their doing in Ky
Fri Apr 20, 2018, 10:21 AM
Apr 2018

29 hours a week in Michigan. Most states doing this only require 20 hours per week for now at least. Most people who are jobless and on medicaid have significant impairments that make it very hard for them to work let alone find a job that would guarantee them 29 hours a week.

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