Bethany, a mother of two from Bogalusa, is one of them: her third baby is due on April 4, and Medicaid will cover the whole cost of delivery. Cutting the programme would be a “huge step back for all of us”, she says. “Times are hard — we can’t afford it ourselves right now.”

Bethany, who declined to give her surname because she does not want to publicise her political views, voted for Trump in November. But she says she is surprised at all the talk about curtailing a programme that has become indispensable to her and her family.

EJ Kuiper, chief executive of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS), which runs the Bogalusa hospital, says more than 40 hospitals in Louisiana are at risk of closing if Medicaid funding is reduced.

    • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Always have been. But remember only blacks get handouts, she’s just getting a helping hand, that’s what they always say about themselves.

  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.eeEnglish
    44·
    6 days ago

    Lmao. Enjoy the ride dipshit.

    You voted for hell, now you’re surprised you got the express train into Trumpville? Fuck right off.

    • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      Yeah, that’s where my scintilla of empathy lies but with a mother this stupid, what hope for the kids ? And They’re literally making everything worse for their kids

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        what hope for the kids ?

        There’s hope. My dad was one of six kids with shitty trailer park parents. Three of them turned out pretty good.

  • CMLVI@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    6 days ago

    Surprised at all the talk about curtailling the program that we spent mo this yelling that they were gonna change? P2025 had this all laid out. If you can’t fucking read it or refused to do so, or refused to listen to media who told you it was going to happen, you deserve the outcome you’re getting. We don’t, but you sure as fuck do.

    No wonder they want the DoE gone. The stupider you are, the easier it is to get you to vote for them.

  • Fingolfinz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    All these posts just make me want to treat magats like even more shit than I already do. Make sure to bully your local magats for hand delivering this fucking bullshit to us and making us regress 100 years

  • NotLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    They will be dying in childbirth as well as dying from miscarriage, but I guess it’s all fine with MAGA so long as they save the child