Trump’s win could accelerate the privatization of Medicare
Trump’s win could accelerate the privatization of Medicare
Will, this is fascism 101, privatize and plunder the public so you can enrich yourself and your oligarch backers.
And let the poor die in the street.
And we saw this coming.
America has stopped giving a shit. And it will come back to bite Americans. Hard. There's a lot of leopards a-comin'.
I suggest you delete your accounts that can be tied to your identity before January. They will absolutely go through social media after the deportations and incarcerations to continue to fuel their need for forced labor. I'll be doing the same shortly. It was an honor, but now is the time to prepare for the underground.
Bear in mind - the poor (even the elderly poor) generally get coverage under medicaid or qualify as dual-eligibles. But it ain't much.
Federal funding for medicaid is actually already in the shitter so plan administration and sustainability is mostly a state matter. If Trump suddenly pulled medicaid funding it'd cause a lot of financial stress but most states could probably weather the storm in the short term.
The people really fucking shafted by Medicare cuts would be the disabled which (as little help as they're given under the US system) would be unable to afford regular care on medicaid's FFS model (where partial costs can often exceed the amount they're legally allowed to save (it sucks, but that's a separate topic)). Anyone like my stepson who has BPD, ASD, and a few more spicy disorders would be fucked if they tried to maintain daylight (let alone overnight) staff supports. That's not even getting into med or doc costs...
And the old folks, of course... it'll be an extremely rude awakening to elderly conservatives and probably cause a real shock to the stock market as people are forced to disinvest to avoid dying if they're lucky enough to have that option.
Don't worry, I was told my death was a worthy sacrifice to 'teach the Democrats a lesson'. Presumably the Palestinian, Ukrainian, and other American deaths are also worthy sacrifices.
Just think of all the wealth transfer from the dead/deported/imprisoned to the fascists! It's the economy, stupid!
That's going to suck but I can't deny a fair bit of shaudenfrauder for the old fucks believing the leopard will never eat their faces. It's insane how conservative retirees are while being leeches completely dependent on social services.
Still, it'd be really nice if that didn't happen.
Trump's win will accelerate the privatization and need for individual state control of all federal agencies not outlined in the Constitution.
Federal taxes may decrease by about 50% while state and homeowner taxes will increase substantially. The costs of goods and services will increase as publicly traded corporations take over agencies like the post office, weather service, social security, etc.
“Keep your government hands off my Medicare!”