Yep, $70 for Health Care Should Just About Do It
I would stop saying that Republicans are trying to kill as many of their own voters as quickly as possible if the available evidence didn't point so conclusively in that direction.
Ohio is receiving more than $200 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid as part of a newly created federal program to strengthen health care in rural communities.
Wow – $200 million to support rural health care in Ohio. That sounds like a lot of money! I guess that should offset all of those Medicaid cuts in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. Maybe Republicans aren't trying to kill as many of their own voters as quickly as possible.
"Medicaid is especially important in rural Ohio. Rural hospitals tend to serve older, sicker and lower-income patients, so they rely heavily on Medicaid reimbursements to stay open. Federal estimates show the law will cut Medicaid spending by more than $900 billion over 10 years, with about $137 billion of that affecting rural areas nationwide.
"In Ohio alone, policy experts estimate more than $5 billion dollars in federal Medicaid funding could be lost over the next decade. That puts pressure on already fragile hospitals, maternity wards and EMS services, especially in places that are pretty far from specialty care."
Oh. So, the $200 million doesn't even get remotely close to the same zip code of offsetting all of the Medicaid cuts. Well, then I bet that Ohio at least made out better than other states, given that we've voted for Trump three times and have a state government composed entirely of his lickspittles.
"In total dollars, Ohio's award looks pretty average. The state is getting just over $202 million this first year, which ranks 25th nationally, basically right in the middle. That's because half the money is required by law to be split evenly, so every state gets $100 million right off the top.
"But when you look at it per rural resident, Ohio fares much worse. Ohio received about $70 per rural resident, with only four states receiving less per person. So while the headline number sounds really big, it stretches across a very large rural population, as more than 73 of Ohio's 88 counties are rural or partially rural.”
Oh. Only four states are receiving less per person??? Well, then I bet that our state leaders are hopping mad and demanding this be made right.
Ohio's Republican leaders have praised the program, lauding it as a way to expand access to health care in rural parts of the state and strengthen the rural health workforce.
Oh. And how much is Trump suing his own government for?
Last week Donald Trump filed suit against the IRS, demanding $10 billion in compensation for the unauthorized disclosure of his taxes in September 2020.
So, Ohio gets $70 per rural resident for health care, and Trump gets $10 billion for suffering no harm at all. The campaign ads write themselves.