@jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months agoMike Johnson Insists It's 'Moral' to Throw People Off Medicaidwww.rollingstone.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1496arrow-down1external-linkMike Johnson Insists It's 'Moral' to Throw People Off Medicaidwww.rollingstone.com@jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
In related news, author Peter David was just kicked off Medicaid according to his GoFundMe… he subsequently died. :( https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/25/peter-david-dead-at-68/
minus-square@doingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglish19•4 months agoIs it moral to deny Medicaid to people who earned $5 too much? Because that’s what we’ve been doing forever. The benefit cliff intencentivises people to stay in poverty.
minus-square@ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoIt seems like social programs are just poverty treadmills to keep a certain class of people in a quasi underclass system to be abused.
Is it moral to deny Medicaid to people who earned $5 too much? Because that’s what we’ve been doing forever. The benefit cliff intencentivises people to stay in poverty.
It seems like social programs are just poverty treadmills to keep a certain class of people in a quasi underclass system to be abused.