Work For It. What Trump's Tough New Medicaid Rules Mean, NBC News, Feb. 20, 2018

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Every day that Steve Olshewsky can convince himself to get out of bed and face the world is a small victory in his eyes.

After a series of panic attacks forced him out of work in 2009, Olshewsky returned to his hometown to recover with family. He's made great strides since then, thanks to medication and his work at Participation Station, a peer-run outpatient clinic for serious mental illness. There, he sits in on group sessions, teaches tai chi to members, and talks clients through rough days on the clinic phone line.

But Olshewsky, who pays for his prescriptions through Medicaid, could soon have to prove he deserves to keep his coverage under a new set of restrictions on able-bodied Medicaid recipients. The Trump administration approved the rules in January through a waiver program that allows states to experiment with changes to Medicaid...

Read much more, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/work-it-what-trump-s-tough-new-medicaid-rules-mean-n849426

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1. Trump does not care about the masses, he cares only for himself and the rich

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2. The new Medicaid rules clearly illustrate Trump & the rest's

contempt and indifference toward anyone 'weaker', without financial wealth. Complex new Medicaid rules will cause fear and confusion in already vulnerable patients and mean coverage loss for 95,000 in KY or more, as intended. The New Order, same as The Ancien Regime.