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Erin Bishop's avatar

The Republicans are DESPICABLE!

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Ashley McKeever's avatar

Republicans need a sense of morality. Atticus, the little fighter, needs his care! Many people do. It’s despicable what they are trying to pull. 😢

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Sam's avatar

The republic don’t care

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Contrary Warrior's avatar

And they yawn!🥱

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Collin's avatar

Ruben, I’m going to say it. The republican maga gop is saying, if you can’t afford your child, your parent, if you can’t support them yourself, you’re on your own, let them die.

That would appear to be the fact of it.

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Barbara Vasile's avatar

It is heartbreaking, indeed. Unfortunately, the GOP would literally rather see people die than decrease tax cuts to the richest among us. After all, we’re all going to die sometime (credit to Joni Ernst).

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Bournetothink's avatar

Ridiculous because they’re forcing women and families to have children they cannot afford and then won’t help afterwards. I don’t get it!

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Marfro70's avatar

I’m so sorry. But Repugs don’t care about your son or the other 300,000 like him. They care about themselves, money and power. That’s as high as they can count

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Elena Freshman Schumann's avatar

There are a lot of people who need help. Health benefits should not be cut. However, there is a lot of waste in the system. The entire health insurance industry causes more problems and costs than it solves. We should consider going to a single pay system. There really is no incentive for people to get certain kinds of care which would actually save costs. There is an incentive for hospitals to charge much more money than is necessary. Home care is discouraged and it should be encouraged. There are a lot of treatments that can be done at home for lower costs than having them done at a hospital but there is no incentive for cheaper home care because no one makes money on it.

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Sue's avatar

Any way to send this to all Republican Representatives????

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Sharon Roy's avatar

It won’t make any difference. Not one of them cares. None.

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Jerrilyn Colangelo's avatar

Mr Gallegos what you told this woman was a lie and you know it. Benefits are not being taken from this child. Fraud and abuse are going to be eliminated so that there is money for people like this child. There are people who are fraudulently draining the system. To make sure this woman’s child is taken care of, it’s the abusers, the cheats, the fraudsters who will be removed.

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Catherine Richards's avatar

They're constructing internment camps. You think they'll be swayed by a preemie with life-long health issues? Long term care ventilator units rely on Medicaid payor sources. They'll be closing up & families can't pay for that. Hell, a transfer for a vent patient costs thousands of dollars! Not much to be said.

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Danie's avatar

Republicans are the same people who scream about abortions and yet life-limiting trisomies will only increase. They need life long around the clock care and how will they receive this care?! If parents will no longer have the option to terminate if they wish, who will protect these vulnerable children?

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KBork's avatar

The rerats are totally devoid of empathetic abilities, as much as you and most people, who have empathy, this is so gut wrenching, but to rerats it's about money and hand outs to themselves, trum psyco and their rich comrades. We are seen as the “undesirables” to these Repulsives.

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Bid  Frank's avatar

My granddaughter lost her father to a stroke just after her heart transplant. She depends on Medicaid for her anti rejection medication and follow up care.

She’s one of the hundreds of thousands.

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Heather Mikels's avatar

Same here. I am terrified for my son.

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Jackie Blanton's avatar

It is heart wrenching.

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SHARON SULLIVAN's avatar

!!!!!

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