Pandemic Upends Trump's Push to Cut Health Care

Pandemic Upends Trump’s Push to Cut Health Care

July 13, 2020 at 4:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 29 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/07/13/pandemic-upends-trumps-push-to-cut-health-care/

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“President Trump has moved forcefully to push unprecedented limits on government health assistance for the poor, trying to follow through on conservatives’ long-held goals for reshaping the health care safety net. That ambition has slammed into a brick wall amid the coronavirus — with the help of Republican states wary of cutting back health coverage for their poorest residents during a pandemic,” Politico reports.

“Voters in even the reddest parts of the country are approving or weighing Medicaid expansions as the coronavirus tears through communities and historic levels of unemployment leave workers without health coverage. And Republican governors aren’t lining up for Trump’s two major moves to restrict Medicaid: work requirements for many adults and block grants to states instead of open-ended funding.”

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