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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Well, if you believe Post No. 10, you can't cut Medicaid because it is "mandatory spending".
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That's a misrepresentation of post #10.
What do you mean by "cut Medicaid?"
- If you means eliminate it entirely then no, that would take a new law to repeal the old law. (actually, I've not looked up the law establishing Medicaid but I believe it exists)
- If you mean take a scalpel to the program to eliminate/reduce wasteful practices and fraudulent claims then that is absolutely something that can be done.
"Let's just kick everyone off the program and point to survivors as proof that there was fraud" may be popular but is a rather ham-handed approach.
A lot of govt programs are wasteful right up until the day you need to use them.