A Republican Senator is being ridiculed on-line for stating that the hundreds of thousands of people who might be faraway from Medicaid if President Donald Trump’s “one large, stunning invoice” passes will then transition to employer-provided healthcare.
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford appeared on CNBC’s ‘Squawk Field’ in dialog with host Rebecca Fast on Thursday, the place he mentioned the potential impacts of the Trump-back GOP spending invoice.
“Individuals are screaming and saying, ‘It is kicking folks off Medicaid.’ It is not kicking folks off Medicaid. It is transitioning from Medicaid to employer-provided healthcare. So sure, we have got 10 million folks that aren’t gonna be on Medicaid, however they then are gonna be on employer-provided healthcare,” mentioned Lankford.
Lankford: “Individuals are screaming and saying, ‘It is kicking folks off Medicaid.’ It is not kicking folks off Medicaid. It is transitioning from Medicaid to employer-provided healthcare. So sure, we have got 10 million folks that aren’t gonna be on Medicaid, however they then are gonna… pic.twitter.com/PkQHalchgK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 5, 2025
Social media customers reacted incredulously, mocking Lankford for assuming that hundreds of thousands of individuals would instantly have entry to employer supplied healthcare choices.
“Do the employers who do not present medical insurance know??” mentioned one consumer.
Do the employers who don’t present medical insurance know??
— M. Resisted (@AngryFedupVtr) June 5, 2025
“Besides when your minimal wage job has no healthcare,” mentioned one other.
Besides when your minimal wage job has no healthcare.
— Tardis_lass (@Heathfeath45) June 5, 2025
“So it is kicking folks off medicaid,” wrote a 3rd.
So it’s kicking folks off medicaid
— Deanna 🐿️ (@FkgExhausted) June 5, 2025
“That is IF the employer offers healthcare that’s reasonably priced! These are working poor who reside paycheck to paycheck and have little left to afford healthcare!” concurred a fourth.
That’s IF the employer offers healthcare that’s reasonably priced! These are working poor who reside paycheck to paycheck and have little left to afford healthcare!
— Ken Klinkner (@SeptemberMorn23) June 5, 2025
Lankford, who’s a member of the Finance Committee, met with Trump to debate the tax and spending invoice on Wednesday. He continued to stipulate what precisely legislators mentioned with Trump within the assembly.
“A few two hour dialog about what’s taking place on taxes, what are agreements going to be, what route we’ll attempt to take. It was broad in lots of areas. The Home has already handed their piece, the Senate has acquired to go our piece then that is going to line up with the Home and the President has acquired to signal. It is crucial that we align all three proper now, so it was a coordination assembly yesterday fairly frankly,” mentioned Lankford.
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