GOP got an 'alarming glimpse at the future' as it eyes massive cut: report - Raw Story

"…Some 80 million people now get health care from Medicaid, including many working-class voters in the president's base." 

Indeed, a number of states that backed Trump voted by popular referendum to expand the program, over the objections of their GOP legislators. In these states, Medicaid is often a main driver preventing rural hospitals from closing… 

In fact, Kenen continued, Republicans may have gotten an ominous look at just how much blowback they stand to receive for even trying to cut Medicaid…

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