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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst defends proposed Medicaid cuts: ‘We all are going to die'
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House's budget bill at a town hall in her home ...
Medicaid cost-cutting measures passed by House to be scrutinized by GOP senators as they take up Trump agenda
Senate Republicans say they intend to change the House-passed bill, and some pointed to changes to Medicaid as a possible red ...
Joni Ernst Issues Non-Apology for Joke About People Dying Due to GOP Medicaid Cuts
If her constituents don't want to die when Republicans cut Medicaid, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst suggests they should simply embrace ...
'We all are going to die': Republican Sen. Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at town hall
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst faced a number of agitated constituents at a town hall on Friday who expressed concerns that the ...
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“Well, We’re All Going to Die,” Says GOP Senator in Defense of Medicaid Cuts
Joni Ernst's casual cruelty is an accidental bedrock of GOP politics: Death does not matter, for certain people.
Sen. Ernst defends GOP’s proposed changes to Medicaid when pressed at town hall: ‘Well, we all are going to die’
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday faced concerns from town hall attendees over potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP programs as a ...
GOP's Medicaid Reforms are Reasonable
Republicans need to explain the Medicaid reforms in President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill, not run away from them.
Trump Adviser Admits Republican Tax Bill Makes Huge Cuts to Medicaid
David Sacks, the president’s AI and crypto czar, says the quiet part out loud as Trump and Republican leaders pretend they ...
Johnson says 4.8 million Americans won’t lose Medicaid access ‘unless they choose to do so’
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his claim that there won’t be Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “big, beautiful ...
GOP move to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid is ‘life-and-death’ in Idaho
Rebecca Gibron, CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai‘i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, which covers Idaho, told the ...
Republican doubles down on ‘we’re all going to die’ Medicaid cut defense: ‘Embrace my Lord and savior’
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst on Saturday doubled down after she said “we all are going to die” as she addressed potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa on Friday.
‘Vote GOP, we’re all going to die anyway’: Boyle mocks Ernst’s apology for bleak Medicaid comments
Rep. Brendan Boyle joins The Weekend on the raucous town halls roiling GOP-led districts as voters demand answers from their Republican elected officials on why they're still supporting Trump's plan ...