5/13/25: They're cutting Medicaid, they're doing more corruption

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joins David to discuss the tariffs, the flouting of the rule of law, potential suspension of habeas corpus by the Trump administration, deportations, and more... — Republicans swore they wouldn't cut Medicaid — now they're doing exactly that, and 13 million Americans could lose coverage — Trump's big promise to cut spending is a complete fraud: the deficit is exploding, DOGE was a joke, and Elon Musk already got what he wanted — Trump's refugee program for white South Africans is now real — and Fox is openly admitting it's about bringing in people who can "assimilate" — Trump officials are now saying out loud that white immigrants are being prioritized because they "fit in better" — the racism is no longer subtle — Donald Trump's brain short-circuits again as he claims to have invented the word "equalize," forgets to sign his own executive order, and pushes imaginary car factories — Trump melts down when asked whether he'll keep the $400 million luxury jet gifted to him by Qatar — and the answer is obviously yes -- On the Bonus Show: Why Americans aren't taking the manufacturing jobs that already exist, Trump signs a drug order that might do nothing, and Hasan Piker is detained by CBP, much more... 🐟 Wild Alaskan Company: Get $35 OFF with code PAKMAN at https://wildalaskan.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman 😬 Remi mouth guards: Get up to 50% OFF with code PAKMAN at https://shopremi.com/pakman 🤖 Sponsored by Venice: Use code PAKMAN for 20% off a Pro Account at https://venice.ai/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/davidpakmanshow -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show, everybody, major breaking news on Medicaid and benefits.
0:13.0	We are now moving from the of course we would never do that phase to the of course we're
0:19.8	doing that.
0:20.8	It's what's good for the country phase on exactly the same issue.
0:26.4	House Republicans just dropped a plan to slash Medicaid.
0:30.0	The Congressional Budget Office says 13.7 million people would lose health coverage over the next decade if this were to pass.
0:41.5	And what's, of course, really infuriating is that we've been understanding the numbers.
0:47.4	We've been saying you can't cut this much money without some people either losing benefits
0:53.8	or services. You just can't do it. It's mathematically
0:55.8	not possible. And they've been saying, of course we're not going to do that. We're not for months,
1:00.4	they've been swearing up and down that this is not their plan. We're not cutting Medicaid. We want to
1:04.4	rein in spending. This won't affect anybody who really needs it or don't believe the scare tactics from Democrats.
1:11.6	And it turns out that the scare tactics were something we like to call the truth.
1:16.6	Because now even Fox News is reporting it.
1:19.6	They're admitting out loud this bill would gut Medicaid if Republicans get it through.
1:25.6	There's no more pretending.
1:28.0	And their next position will be, of course, we're cutting it.
1:31.4	We're doing the right thing.
1:32.4	The House Energy Committee releasing its portion of the reconciliation legislation late last
1:37.1	night.
1:38.1	The bill cuts from Medicaid and adds work requirements and more frequent eligibility
1:42.2	checks.
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