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It's Tuesday, February 25th.
I'm Jane Coastin and this is Whataday, the show that says if you buy tickets to Fyre Festival 2, it would have probably been for the best if you had just sent that money to me.
On today's show, federal workers continue to get jerked around by President Elon Musk and a judge blocks Trump administration immigration enforcement in some houses of worship.
But let's start with health care.
Millions of Americans, just around 80 million people, or 1 in 5, rely on a program called Medicaid for health care.
From grandparents in nursing homes to pregnant moms to kids with disabilities, they all rely on Medicaid for support.
In fact, in 2019, Medicaid paid for half, yes, half of all births in the United States.
And the GOP has been trying to gut Medicaid for decades, especially since Medicaid expansion added millions of low income adults, including those without kids, to the program after the passage of the Affordable care Act in 2010.
They claim that Medicaid encourages dependency and that the people who use Medicaid are becoming slaves to a government entitlement program.
But Republicans have a big problem.
Here's Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast to explain why Medicaid you gotta.
Be careful because a lot of mag is on Medicaid.
I'm telling you, if you don't think so, you are dead wrong.
Medicaid's gonna be a complicated one.
Just can't take a meat X to it.
Although I would love to.
Yeah, see, lots of people are on Medicaid, including lots of working class and low income voters, which includes lots and lots of folks who voted for President Donald Trump.
And Republicans in Congress, especially those who are facing tough re election battles ahead, know it.
Take Republican Representative Robert Bresnahan, who represents northeastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton, about 27% of his constituents are on Medicaid.