The Way Forward
Related: About this forumRepublican bill timing has some benefits first, bad news later. How do we mitigate if we are hoping for help from FAFO?
https://www.newsweek.com/when-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-takes-effect-2094718They may not see the worst effects until after the mid-terms.
For example medicaid cuts will not see effects till maybe late in 2026 while several tax benefits are effective for 2025.
So the only short term solution is spreading the truth, while it will go over the heads of many.

Scrivener7
(56,469 posts)targeted campaigns to the towns that will lose their hospitals, a new name that we use SOLELY when referring to the bill that makes it's "screw you" nature clear. Every Democratic rep speaks to their local publications (not a damn press release!) and tells them exactly how their jurisdiction will suffer, don't let a Sunday morning news show go by without two Democrats appearing and talking about the new Screw You, America bill.
For a start.
SheltieLover
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RockRaven
(17,625 posts)actually in effect. These health care systems know what their costs and revenues have been, are, and roughly what they will be next month/quarter/year/etc... And they are not going to wait until they actually incur voluminous losses and go bankrupt to shut down, they will shut down once the financial forecast is both untenable and inevitable.
One clinic in an R+74 community in Nebraska has already announced they will be closing due to the Medicaid cuts. More will follow. Such stories need to be harped upon.
stopdiggin
(14,031 posts)and the full knowledge of pain and back-stabbing involved on the part of the malefactors.
( but then, has your target audience shown any evidence about a propensity to listen to much of anything? so - kind of back to, "not much"? )
CousinIT
(11,646 posts)bucolic_frolic
(51,491 posts)Call it what it is. The broken promises of Donald Trump. He promised cheaper living. This is the opposite.
bronxiteforever
(10,626 posts)to mask the real impacts of the bill or to sandbag pain until after elections.
Really important to figure out this type of response since this is one of their go to tactics.