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Unable to pay..... (Original Post) Sowhat13 20 hrs ago OP
Dec. 1, 2026, the big cuts to healthcare take effect. gab13by13 20 hrs ago #1
After the 2026 election. patphil 20 hrs ago #3
And don't forget about the sequestration for Medicare, which is coming.... Sowhat13 12 hrs ago #4
They suffer so the uber rich can have more tax cuts rurallib 20 hrs ago #2

patphil

(9,132 posts)
3. After the 2026 election.
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:10 PM
20 hrs ago

Most people don't realize this. They don't realize that voting out republicans in the fall election is the only way we can start the process of taking back our government, and also don't realize we may be impeded at the voting booth.
If they don't vote, there isn't any way we will ever be able to restore the healthcare funding the republicans are taking away.
I was at a teller window in my bank, withdrawing money to pay for the renewal of my and my wife's passports, and I casually told her that was why I was doing the withdrawal. She asked me where we were planning to go, so I told her it wasn't about travel, it was about being able to vote this fall.
I mentioned the SAVE act and she was totally unaware of what it was, and said you don't need to show that level of ID to vote. She was totally oblivious of what Trump and the republicans were trying to do.
I asked her if she had a valid passport, and she said yes. I told her she might have to show it to vote.
It blew her mind.

Get ready to vote now. Once this election is over, and the healthcare we take for granted is gone, it'll be too late to do anything about it.

Sowhat13

(15 posts)
4. And don't forget about the sequestration for Medicare, which is coming....
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 07:33 PM
12 hrs ago

I understand it is driven by the debt. With the tax cuts impact on revenue, combined with trump borrowing 50 billion a week,
we should reach that threshold soon too.

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