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Medicare/Medicaid

2023

2023-02-08 During a State of the Union address, Biden was booed and heckled after he warned that Republicans would make cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.

2025 January

2025-01-20 Page 465 of Project 2025 outlines a plan to increase Medicare Part D prescription prices. 

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

2025 May

2025-05-30 During an Iowa town hall, Senator Joni Ernst responded to a comment about Medicaid cuts by incorrectly telling constituents the government is paying $1.4M to illegal immigrants in Medicaid. When someone in the crowd yelled out “People are going to die” Erns retorted, “We are all going to die”.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1036832908023449

2025-05-31 After public criticism for her calloused remarks on Medicaid cuts, Iowa Senator Joni Ernst made a sarcastic video while trolling through a graveyard, adding, “I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes we are all going to perish from this earth. So, I apologize, and I’m really really glad that I didn’t have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well…” and then ended it with, “…for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ”.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gqdwSLKE554