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Wiz Imp

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8. It was colossal incompetence on the part of the Trump administration

Reply to iemanja (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:08 PM

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They had already said that Medicaid was exempted from the funding freeze. But when people started shutting down all the funding systems portals, they neglected to remove Medicaid from the list so it got shut down too.

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Medicaid will be back up soon [View all] iemanja Tuesday OP

The WH claudette Tuesday #1

What a bunch of BS..... Lovie777 Tuesday #2

I guess his plan is to shut everything down, then re-open whatever systems he chooses. Think. Again. Tuesday #3

Perhaps depending on how much blowback he gets. iemanja Tuesday #5

It almost doesn't matter what... OneGrassRoot Tuesday #6

A lot of Rebl2 Tuesday #4

So the button to turn Medicaid on and off is in the White House? Autumn Tuesday #7

It was colossal incompetence on the part of the Trump administration Wiz Imp Tuesday #8

I believe the OMB order said that Medicare was specifically exempted from the freeze AZJonnie Tuesday #9

Well, somebody screwed up big time. On the other hand, the freeze wasn't supposed to go into effect until 5:00 Wiz Imp Tuesday #10