The situation is dire. Millions of people in the United States are months away from losing their health care. On January 1, dramatic changes to Medicaid outlined in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, or OBBA, will take effect, impacting who is eligible for Medicaid. The new law excludes some groups completely (like most immigrants), introduces “community engagement” requirements (defined as 80 hours a month of work, volunteering, or school) for most people (apart from the elderly, children, and pregnant women), and requires renewals twice a year (as opposed to yearly). Some people have been impacted already (Nebraska implemented its changes on May 1 and began disenrolling people this month), and some will be kicked off their health care in October, when some previously qualified immigrants are made ineligible for Medicaid.
Though 92 percent of people should remain eligible for Medicaid coverage (through either a qualifying exemption or meeting the community engagement requirements), millions will still end up losing care.
It was always the plan that benefits everyone the most. Health insurance being tied to employment just bypasses outright slavery and makes it indentured servitude, which is also against the law
Oddly enough if a rich person just ends up dead, and no one cooperates with the police, then nothing illegal happened. If people don’t cooperate with the oppressor’s, they don’t know who to oppress.
If you gain their trust while they don’t know who to oppress, you can guide them to new targets.
That’s how Republicans got to where they are, and it’s how we can send them to where they belong.