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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:22 PM Jun 2017

Kellyanne Conway Defends Medicaid Cuts, Says Adults Can Always Find Jobs

Source: Huffington Post

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday came right out and said what so many Republicans are probably thinking ― that taking Medicaid away from able-bodied adults is no big deal, because they can go out and find jobs that provide health insurance.

Apparently nobody has told Conway that the majority of able-bodied adults on Medicaid already have jobs. The problem is that they work as parking lot attendants and child care workers, manicurists and dishwashers ― in other words, low-paying jobs that typically don’t offer insurance. Take away their Medicaid and they won’t be covered.

Appearing on ABC “This Week” program, Conway faced tough questions about steep cuts to Medicaid in the Better Health Care Act ― the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act that Senate Republican leaders released on Thursday and hope to bring to a vote this week.

The Affordable Care Act ― Obamacare ― offered states extra federal matching funds to expand Medicaid eligibility, so that anybody with income below or just above the poverty line would qualify. Under the Senate bill, like its House counterpart, the federal government would withdraw those extra funds, forcing most of the 31 states (plus the District of Columbia) that accepted the money to roll back their expansions partly or entirely.


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Kellyanne Conway Defends Medicaid Cuts, Says Adults Can Always Find Jobs (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2017 OP
Wow talk about out of touch.. or mitch96 Jun 2017 #1
She's a half twit. George II Jun 2017 #2
Calling her a half twit is an insult to twits world over. kennetha Jun 2017 #31
So they couldn't under the previous president? But now magically they'll Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2017 #3
Will somebody please stuff 2 week old socks on that nitwit's mouth.. pangaia Jun 2017 #4
I agree, stuff those socks in her mouth...but in all the mouths of people that believe Stuart G Jun 2017 #5
I really wanted to stuff those socks some place else n/t. airplaneman Jun 2017 #28
She's A B***H! LovingA2andMI Jun 2017 #6
So anyone interviewing her should just say greymattermom Jun 2017 #7
Sure, Beavis, they can go work for Carrier. Warpy Jun 2017 #8
The Cold, Callous Queen Of Alternative Facts blue-wave Jun 2017 #9
if ADULTS are the only people who can magically find jobs... Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #10
Yeah. She should go try to find a job past age 50 Texin Jun 2017 #11
I've been warned . . . OldRedneck Jun 2017 #12
She's a paid media tramp!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2017 #15
Apparently "media whore" is an easy to obtain job... Moostache Jun 2017 #13
You've seen her, right? jmowreader Jun 2017 #25
FUCKEN MORONIC IDIOT!!! N/T RKP5637 Jun 2017 #14
OFFS - Do America a huge favor Kellyanne and Marie Marie Jun 2017 #16
Heartless bitch. hamsterjill Jun 2017 #17
She should cease to be. I'm sorry, not sorry. She is a colluder in evil, cruel, greedy evil. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #18
fuck off Kellyann CON way. yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #19
i can't even read this shit. mobeau69 Jun 2017 #20
That stupid fuck doesn't understand that most Medicare recipients ARE employed? GoCubsGo Jun 2017 #21
Going to restate something earlier in the thread spiderpig Jun 2017 #22
Kellyanne "Beavis" Conway: Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #23
What is her job title exactly? BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #24
Carrier workers facing layoffs ck4829 Jun 2017 #26
If you are willing to lie and cheat, you can always work for Trump nt marylandblue Jun 2017 #27
Medicaid also pays for nursing home care. tammywammy Jun 2017 #29
Yeah, the market's hot for 85-year-old stroke victims! greatauntoftriplets Jun 2017 #34
Why does Kellyanne look like the 'after' picture of a meth addict? keithbvadu2 Jun 2017 #30
How does Republicans Minister of Propaganda find time off from her 750k twitter-witch business "job? Sunlei Jun 2017 #32
"Let them eat CAKE". nt. Le Gaucher Jun 2017 #33
I'm sure kelly takes a shower after work Deb Jun 2017 #35
Adult robots can. People not so much. tclambert Jun 2017 #36
RIIIIIIIIIIIGHT AllaN01Bear Jun 2017 #37
Heartless Republican! Sparky 1 Jun 2017 #38
thanks to Obama bora13 Jun 2017 #39
The Vanilla Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen speaks turbinetree Jun 2017 #40
Essentially, she just said... chwaliszewski Jun 2017 #41
Mueller better find something to remove these assholes from office IronLionZion Jun 2017 #42
Thats the rub with Rethugs Cryptoad Jun 2017 #43
Prior to 2008... Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #44
Why don't the rich have to get jobs instead of tax cuts? mreilly Jun 2017 #45
Is Kellyanne jimmil Jun 2017 #46
Deplorable DesertRat Jun 2017 #47
what a fucking heartless piece of shit gopiscrap Jun 2017 #48

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
3. So they couldn't under the previous president? But now magically they'll
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:27 PM
Jun 2017

be able to under the current.... whatever the fuck this blog in the White House is? Got it!

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
5. I agree, stuff those socks in her mouth...but in all the mouths of people that believe
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:31 PM
Jun 2017

this awful sh**. So many jobs do not offer health insurance..She surly represents the puke party to a p



greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
7. So anyone interviewing her should just say
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:40 PM
Jun 2017

I guess that means you support forcing all employers to offer health insurance.

 

Doug the Dem

(1,297 posts)
10. if ADULTS are the only people who can magically find jobs...
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:55 PM
Jun 2017

then what the hell is SHE gonna do when Trump is out of office?

Texin

(2,596 posts)
11. Yeah. She should go try to find a job past age 50
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:57 PM
Jun 2017

that can pay for staggering medical expenses from a work-related injury or illness that's left someone too debilitated to actually work the old job he or she had that caused it. Even if that person can cobble together two-bit shit jobs to work - assuming it's even physically possible to work them - those kinds of jobs don't pay for even basic necessities, let alone the high cost of what's going to be overwhelming and probably ever-growing medical expenses caused by this fucking debacle of the first magnitude. And somebody needs to 'splain it to me like I'm dimshit tRump, how the hell a baby or a child with medical issues covered under Medicaid is going to "go out and find a job". What a sleazoid bitch on stilts this airhead is.

Fuckers. I hope a terrorist nukes congress (while the Dems are back in their home districts) and takes out every single motherfucking, miserable shit within the entire rethug party. God damn. I fucking hate these bastards.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
12. I've been warned . . .
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:58 PM
Jun 2017

. . . because one of my recent posts broke a rule.

So, I'll not respond to Conway because I'd likely be removed.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
13. Apparently "media whore" is an easy to obtain job...
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:59 PM
Jun 2017

Right up there with soulless bitch and worthless fucking piece of shit...

Wonder which one is paying for HER healthcare?

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
21. That stupid fuck doesn't understand that most Medicare recipients ARE employed?
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 08:07 PM
Jun 2017

Or, that they are too sick or disabled to work? Or, too old? Fuck her. I hope I get to see Karma bite that soulless piece of shit in her ass.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
22. Going to restate something earlier in the thread
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 08:27 PM
Jun 2017

Kellyanne, you dimwit, you're over 40 yourself. Try finding a job on your own - and not by calling in any political favors.

Try writing a resume describing a long history of professional qualifications - but not TOO long or they'll figure you're over 50 and toss your application into the round file.

I'd say you are a joke, but your senseless blatherings have real effects on real people.

Just go away, and take the rest of your sorry bunch with you.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
24. What is her job title exactly?
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 08:34 PM
Jun 2017

Requirements, experience,... ? I know of a job title where you have to take a shower after opening your mouth for 10 min. That's what she said she felt like she had to do her right after an interview on Morning Joe a few months ago and there was hot mic that caught her. Everything about her leaves a stench.

If the Beavis character had black eye make up and a different hairdo it would be identical.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
29. Medicaid also pays for nursing home care.
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 08:44 PM
Jun 2017

The elderly needs to get off their asses and get jobs too.

Conway is an asshole.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,742 posts)
34. Yeah, the market's hot for 85-year-old stroke victims!
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 09:04 PM
Jun 2017

Insanity, thy name is the Trump maladministration.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
32. How does Republicans Minister of Propaganda find time off from her 750k twitter-witch business "job?
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 08:56 PM
Jun 2017

?

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
36. Adult robots can. People not so much.
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 09:17 PM
Jun 2017

ATMs, self-serve checkouts, driverless trucks, more robots than people working in auto plants . . . adds up to the old capitalist/worker model of the economy is on the way out.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
40. The Vanilla Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen speaks
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 09:34 PM
Jun 2017

and I will respond FUCK YOU


Your fucking asshole Marco Rubio exacerbated this shit with his rider, and your sexual predator asshole and Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are fucking assholes taking "health care " from my / our taxes


So again, Vanilla Queen----------------FUCK YOU


chwaliszewski

(1,514 posts)
41. Essentially, she just said...
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 10:51 PM
Jun 2017
"Eat cake, bitches!" What a loathsome dick-skinner she's been. I hope the lot of them end up in prison.

Shell_Seas

(3,334 posts)
44. Prior to 2008...
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 08:56 AM
Jun 2017

I never worked at a job that offered health insurance to it's employees. Not once in my adult life. I live in Texas. I 2008 I was 28 years old, a single mom and over $80,000 in medical debts, despite never having a pre-existing condition or any major illness.

Prior to 2008, to be self insured for a young mom and her child, with a $1,000 deductible, it would run you around $1,500 a month.

That's the system we are going back to.

If your child is sick, and you don't have insurance, the best bet you have is an ER visit. Then, you are looking at a $5,000 bill afterwards for something as simple as the flu.

From previous experiences, I can tell you:

An ER will turn you away if you owe them money.
Medical Bills do affect your credit and credit score.
An employer won't offer you insurance if they feel like they don't have to.

It's terrible what we used to do and what they want to do.

 

mreilly

(2,120 posts)
45. Why don't the rich have to get jobs instead of tax cuts?
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 09:48 AM
Jun 2017

Great "logic" from these sickening "people." Rob the poor to reward the rich - as always - and if anyone complains say "Get a job" as you're hurling cash at millionaires.

And the rubes will still race out in droves to vote for these idiots so long as they're kept ignorant and fearful. Unreal.

jimmil

(629 posts)
46. Is Kellyanne
Mon Jun 26, 2017, 02:05 PM
Jun 2017

The absolute dumbest lawyer in the entire world? Is she the dumbest person in Trump's administration?

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