{"id":1050093,"date":"2024-12-04T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1050093"},"modified":"2024-12-04T14:15:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T19:15:28","slug":"new-trump-allies-double-down-on-project-2025-agenda-to-gut-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-trump-allies-double-down-on-project-2025-agenda-to-gut-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Trump Allies Double Down on Project 2025 Agenda to Gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Trump\u2019s MAGA minions sharing plans to gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s out-of-touch allies are ready to help him gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid \u2014 just like he tried to do in every single one of his budgets during his first term. Trump and the rest of his MAGA Republican Party will always put tax handouts for billionaires ahead of seniors\u2019 hard-earned benefits, and Democrats are ready to keep fighting back against the GOP\u2019s attempts to leave America\u2019s seniors out in the cold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Donald Trump\u2019s allies \u2013 including GOP members of Congress and his billionaire appointees like Elon Musk \u2013 are doubling down on Republicans\u2019 attacks against Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Rich McCormick<\/a>: \u201cWe’re gonna have to have some hard decisions<\/strong>. We’re gonna have to bring in the Democrats to talk about Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare. There\u2019s hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved<\/strong>, we know how to do it, we just have to have the stomach to actually take those challenges on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cRich McCormick will be an outstanding Representative of Georgia\u2019s 6th Congressional District.

\u201cHe has a long record of accomplishments …

\u201cRich McCormick has my Complete and Total endorsement. He will never let you down!\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elon Musk<\/a>: \u201cInteresting thread <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[Quote tweet from Sen. Mike Lee] Of all the deceptive sales techniques the U.S. government has used on the American people, one of them\u2014the Social Security Act\u2014gets far too little attention. Buckle up because this is a wild ride. …

\u201cThe history of the Social Security Act<\/strong>\u2014which sadly must include the deceptive manner in which it was sold to the American people\u2014is yet another reason why America\u2019s century-long era of progressive government must be brought to a close.<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has a long history of repeatedly trying to gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid \u2014 and plans to gut these programs in his second term.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump proposals could drain Social Security in 6 years<\/strong>, budget group says\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cTrump Floats \u2018Cutting\u2019 Spending On Entitlements Like Social Security And Medicare\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cTrump Floats Cuts to Social Security and Medicare\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump now says he\u2019s open to entitlement cuts, including Medicare\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump has made clear that his goal remains to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including its expansion of Medicaid to low-income adults, and to impose rigid caps on the federal government\u2019s Medicaid spending.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cHis avowed stance, however, is at odds with Trump\u2019s own record as president: Each of his White House budget proposals included cuts to Social Security and Medicare programs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cTrump said he wouldn\u2019t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s FY18<\/a>, FY19<\/a>, FY20<\/a>, and FY21<\/a> budgets each proposed billions of dollars in cuts to Social Security programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019<\/a> and 2020<\/a>: Trump proposed budgets that included hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201c[Social Security and Medicare] are the biggest roadblocks to any kind of real fiscal sanity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump chose Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, suggesting that Oz will help the Trump-Vance administration gut Medicare.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garrett Haake<\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cBuried in Oz announcement is this line which suggests cuts to Medicare may be on the table<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country\u2019s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation\u2019s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lever<\/a>: \u201c[Dr. Oz\u2019s] program could move seniors and most Americans into private insurance plans that have been raising premiums and denying roughly one in ten medical claims,<\/strong> according to a recent government report finding that the plans frequently refuse to cover services required by Medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo pay for his privatization plan, Oz has proposed a 20 percent payroll tax, which would ultimately transfer money from workers to the Republican Party\u2019s private insurance donors that have been reporting record profits while jacking up premiums<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn other words, Oz himself wants to increase taxes on lower- and middle-class Americans to fund his own version of a corporate-run, universal health care system \u2014 one that could come with high patient costs, continued barriers to care, and a windfall for the health insurance industry<\/strong>.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Trump\u2019s MAGA minions sharing plans to gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s out-of-touch allies are ready to help him gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid \u2014 just like he tried to do in every single one of his budgets during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNEW: Trump Allies Double Down on Project 2025 Agenda to Gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-trump-allies-double-down-on-project-2025-agenda-to-gut-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-04T19:15:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-trump-allies-double-down-on-project-2025-agenda-to-gut-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-trump-allies-double-down-on-project-2025-agenda-to-gut-social-security-medicare-and-medicaid\/\",\"name\":\"NEW: Trump Allies Double Down on Project 2025 Agenda to Gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid - 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