This article concerns a policy-change by the Trump Administration about Medicaid. I voice my serious concerns about the topic, and how it will affect Americans including myself. I posted this on Substack in early 2026.
~FloxMonster™, July 25, 2026
My mood has been off for a few days.
I had to sit tonight; I had to think about why.
Finally I realized: I’ve been unsettled since I read about Trump’s new Medicaid requirements. The ones so messed that even Nebraska, which tried to launch them early, just stepped back and went, “wait, what?” [source: AP News].
In a nutshell, Trump’s Administration has decided to make it ridiculously hard for Americans to get the essential medical coverage that we need to survive. Why? Why would they do such a thing?
I can only speculate. Maybe they think Americans don’t deserve it. Or maybe they believe being overwhelmed by inflation and illness somehow reduces a person’s value.
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You know, growing up, my community taught me it was a sin to shame the sick. It was even worse to attack or harm them. My grandfather used to drive his neighbors to appointments, and help them with groceries, when they couldn’t make it.
What happened to those American values?
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So now Trump is imposing Draconian restrictions on the ill. The Administration is telling them:
You don’t deserve your medication. You don’t deserve medical care. Basically? Go die. You’re a drain on our society.
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No. I refuse to stand for this.
A civilized society cares for its elderly and poor. That is literally the definition of civilization. To be otherwise is just like beasts.
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Full disclosure: I have “skin in this game.” I personally am affected by this ludicrous shaming of the poor, this supercilious attempt to declare Medicaid recipients as “lazy” or “not sick enough.”
I require Medicaid literally in order to survive; without it, my body will disintegrate. And given the current insurance-bloated, barely-regulated, private care American system, there is no way that I (nor anyone currently on Medicaid) could afford the care I need. That’s reality.
Taking away Medicaid is, in fact, the same as saying “go die.” It isn’t exaggeration.
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I also want to address the others on Medicaid. The Administration delights in painting the picture of some fat slobs lounging on a couch somewhere, too lazy to find work.
Let me push back on that.
The people on Medicaid are all colors, including Black, Brown, and yes – absolutely – White. Here are some I know:
They are the elderly living on fixed incomes. Think of your grandma.
They are the unemployed who can’t find a decent job in this crap economy. Or they are working a job, but it doesn’t pay their bills. Have you seen how much stuff costs right now?
They are the divorced moms (or dads!) stripped of their second income but still raising hungry kids.
They are regular Americans just barely surviving.
These are the people Trump is tormenting, with his Medicaid restrictions. And that is the word I choose on purpose: tormenting. He is tormenting Americans, by dangling this life-saving service just out of reach.
Trump is going, “nyah nyah nyah we’ve got ours but you can’t have this. PROVE that you’re too sick to work. Prove it! Go before a panel and do a dance for us. Display in public how pitiful you are.”
Is this how we treat our neighbors?
My grandfather would have had stern words to say to you, Mr. Trump.
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