Kellyanne Conway tried to explain away the cuts to Medicaid by using the GOP approved narrative that they’re giving states more “flexibility” – by cutting Medicaid.
Watch below:
Vid: Fake news. @GStephanopoulos corrects @KellyannePolls, doubles down on false claim Senate bill “cuts” Medicaid spending #ThisWeek #TTT pic.twitter.com/MB9uuMmb32
— Brent Baker (@BrentHBaker) June 25, 2017
I don’t understand why they can’t just admit it. Well, OK, I DO understand why they’re trying to hide this – Americans don’t want to make hard decisions about governance. They want somebody to tell them that they’re rugged individualists while the government pays for everything. That’s why this bill isn’t really repeal.
Here’s the entire exchange – ABC cuts her response after Stephanopoulos interrupts her.
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She literally says, “we don’t see them as cuts” LOL!! That’s great spin. I mean, it’s terrible transparent spin, but it’s amazing that she has the courage to say such brazen spin. She explains that they’re getting the program back to its original intention. That’s fine, but admit you’re doing it by cutting the program.
Watch the latter part of the interview, she starts to get really snippy with Georgie boy.
I think Mark Levin is right – we’re on our way to European-style single payer and there’s precious few people in the way of it. And part of the reason we are is that everyone is spinning and not telling the voter the truth, partly because the voter is begging to be lied to…
UPDATE!!
OK, to be fair to Conway, and the GOP bill, the cuts are to the growth rate of Medicaid. We have decried calling this a “cut” in the past, so it’s unfair to not point that out.
Here’s how the Hill describes it as a “deep cut” before admitting it’s to the rate of growth [emphasis added]:
The measure appears to include deep cuts to Medicaid and fundamentally reshapes that program from an open-ended government commitment to a system of capped federal payments that limit federal spending.
The Republican measure phases out the federal funding for ObamaCare’s expansion of Medicaid, which has provided coverage for about 11 million people in 31 states. The funding will phase out over four years from 2020 to 2024, which is less than the seven-year phaseout pushed by more moderate Republicans.
The measure includes deeper cuts to Medicaid than the House bill, which started in 2025. Starting in that year, the cap on Medicaid payments would start growing at a slower rate, known as CPI-U, leading to deeper cuts over time.
Fair’s fair.