Topic: medicaid
Congress Would Pass Its Own Medicaid Work Test on the First Line of a Pay Stub
The statute Congress wrote is met by hours or income. The income bar is $580 a month; a member of Congress earns $14,500. The comparison fails on the law’s own terms.
Do Republican Voters Support the Programs Their Party Cut? Medicaid, SNAP, and Foreign Aid
Republican voters favor Medicaid and foreign aid programs their representatives cut. The SNAP data are weaker. Most who backed the cuts believed they’d target fraud, not beneficiaries.
Jeffries on the Mail-Ballot Ruling: Seven Claims, Checked
After the Supreme Court upheld state grace periods for mail ballots, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries indicted Trump’s whole record. The facts mostly hold; the framing is partisan.
What Would Jesus Cut? The Religious Right vs. Their Own Bible
Republican politicians quote scripture to win evangelical votes, then pass legislation that directly contradicts the Bible’s most explicit commands about the poor, sick, hungry, and stranger.