Sen. Dan Sullivan and the rest of the Senate Republicans, with few exceptions, are pushing a plan to cut Medicaid spending in the United States by nearly $1 trillion. This is to help finance tax cuts for billionaires in the same bill they are rushing to enact before anyone has time to read it.
Sullivan claims Democrats are trying to harm Alaska and block Medicaid increases the state deserves. He is lying.
On Sunday he claimed Democrats blocked “hundreds of millions” in added Medicaid spending for Alaska.
On Monday he claimed the Democrats blocks “billions” in added Medicaid spending for Alaska.
But he will never get to the point where he admits in plain English that he supports the Senate plan to cut Medicaid spending nationwide by nearly $1 trillion.
Sullivan and the rest of the Senate Republicans, with few exceptions, are pushing enormous Medicaid cuts to help finance tax cuts for billionaires before the country realizes what is happening.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has claimed she opposes Medicaid cuts, which means she may not support the nearly 1,000-page bill.
In an attempt to buy Murkowski’s vote for the tax scam, Senate Republicans included a plan to spend more money on Medicaid in Alaska and Hawaii. The latter state was included so this didn’t appear to be just about buying Murkowski’s vote.
In attempting to block the vote-buying scheme, Democrats challenged the idea of giving Medicaid increases to Alaska and Hawaii while cutting the program everywhere else.
The Senate parliamentarian has decided that the Alaska kickbacks violate Senate rules.
The 53 Senate Republicans can only lose four of their members or the scam will collapse. That’s why buying Murkowski’s vote required extraordinary measures.
Sullivan is trying to get away with the dodge that this is not about stopping the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts, but about portraying Alaska as a victim, losing out on the benefits of the Murkowski vote-buying scheme.
“Democrats challenged and successfully stripped a provision that would have significantly increased Medicaid funding to Alaska and Hawaii,” Sullivan complained Monday.
“Again, the only party cutting Medicaid dollars for Alaska is the Democrat Party. And they’’re celebrating it,” said Sullivan.
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