Reposting a message from One Colorado:
“While most of us were sleeping, Colorado’s Republican Representatives voted for the U.S. House budget bill that proposes to slash over $700 billion from healthcare and Medicaid, harming hundreds of thousands of Coloradans to help subsidize tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations.
While this bill is being presented by the far right as a money saving solution for our country as a whole, do not be fooled. 70% of the bill’s tax benefits go to the top 5% while increasing costs for the bottom 40% of Americans. Let’s be clear, this bill does nothing but harm and is an attack on all of us.
The proposals included in this sweeping bill would cut billions of dollars from Medicaid and other social services programs. This bill will add more administrative hurdles and barriers to the 1.1 million Coloradans covered through Medicaid and cost Colorado money it doesn’t have. In addition to adding punishing administrative barriers to an already complex system.
If passed, this bill will have sweeping impacts that will be felt across Coloradans, especially for seniors, those on disability, and our immigrant community. It blatantly attacks bodily autonomy, cutting access to gender affirming and reproductive care.
Among the amendments added to the bill late last night was a ban on the use of all federal Medicaid dollars for gender affirming care including surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormones. This ban would apply to individuals of all ages.
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The Little Prince and the Fox 