The two political parties are more alike than they are different, but there are differences.
One of those differences is the Republican's outright demonization of the poor.
Early warning predator alert: woman with experience at state level for sabotaging Medicaid is reportedly coming to the Trump Admin.
At the risk of stereotyping a bit, Trump supporters are about to get screwed over like they have long demanded to be.
The American social safety net was already horribly underfunded.
However, the real gutting of the social safety net are about to start.
Two transgender women, Carol Ann Beal of northwest Iowa and EerieAnna Good of the Quad Cities along with the ACLU of Iowa have challenged the Iowa Medicaid ban on coverage for transition-related medical services as being a violation of equal protection under the law "as promised by the Iowa state constitution and the Iowa Civil Rights Act."
Yup. I was denied Medicaid. And all because I didn't 'respond fast enough'. I didn't hear it from Florida DCF though. I had to hear it from my grandmother who at one point about 11 years back was acting on my behalf with regards to my social security case. She has had nothing to do with it since my denial in 2006.
A lot has been written about the horrific Republican budget and health care plans, and you may already know this stuff, but in case you don't I'd like to do a refresher.
Obamacare has a lot of problems. That's the good news.
The bad news is that Republicans have a solution: Eliminate health care for the poor.
Have you had family member or friend whose life has been saved by Medicare or Medicaid?
My mother had a quintiple bypass and would not be alive today without these important safety nets.
