Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut healthcare and hospitals, especially in states like North Carolina
When Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard.
Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect the Republican-led reconciliation bill – called the “big, beautiful bill” by Donald Trump – to bear down on rural America. And they wonder whether people are missing the warning signs.
“It’s going to have to hit them first,” said Laurie Stradley, CEO of Impact Health in Asheville, a Medicaid-funded non-profit providing social services to some people still digging out from the flood.
Medicaid is the single largest health insurance program in the US. The public program covers 71 million low-income, disabled and elderly US residents. It pays for half of all US births and the care of six in 10 nursing home residents.
They voted for this. I have zero remorse.
I asked my magic 8 ball if the rural voters would learn from this and it said ‘No’.
They’ll blame Biden while trump laughs at them
They’re going to be smiling and #winning all the way to the grave. RIP.
If Covid didn’t smarten them up, I doubt the beetuspocalypse will either.
I typically only want good things for all people, but I have no sympathy for the rural voters who brought this upon themselves. I feel bad for their neighbors who voted against this, but that’s a minority of the rural population. Have fun, fuckers!
Just one more gotcha, bro. It’ll hit them this time. I promise.
You guys are funny if you think this will change their minds. In fact, what is likely to happen is increased poverty & desperation is going to impact urban areas just as much, and will cause a surge in crime which Democrats will try to gaslight everyone about & turn those areas more red. If anything, people will just blame & fight among themselves but not band together.
I hope Democrats run on defunding medical care even more maybe that’ll help them win the midterms and presidential election
