Donald Trump Says Medicare Cant Be Funded During Iran War
“did donald trump say that medicare cannot be funded if the iran war is ongoing”
Summary
Donald Trump publicly claimed that the federal government cannot afford to fund Medicare (as well as Medicaid and daycare) while the United States is engaged in the war in Iran, stating that military protection must take priority over these programs. This remark was made in recent statements and reported by multiple major news outlets.
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- Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We’re fighting wars'
Trump urged states to fund benefits programs instead because "we have to take care of one thing: military protection." ... Trump: 'Not possible' to pay for day care and Medicare because U.S. is 'fighting wars' ...
- Trump backs off campaign promises to protect Medicare, help with child care - The Washington Post
President Donald Trump said this week that Medicare and day care were too expensive for the federal government to cover, reversing himself on explicit campaign promises to protect the seniors’ health insurance program and address child care costs.
- Fact check: Trump makes big false claims about his big domestic policy bill | CNN Politics
Facts First: Trump’s claim about Medicaid is false. The version of the bill that was passed by the House last month would make multiple significant changes to Medicaid and would reduce federal funding for the program by hundreds of billions of dollars.
- STATEMENT: Trump Promises to Take Away Your Health Care to Pay for His Wars — Protect Our Care
Washington, D.C. – Donald Trump has said the quiet part out loud: he believes funding wars should come before protecting Americans’ health care. In his own words, “It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.
- Trump Throws Medicare, Medicaid Under The Bus for War in Iran - NCPSSM
We always knew Trump wasn’t sincere about protecting Medicare and Medicaid. But he just betrayed his own lie by saying that the two programs – which provide 140 million people with health coverage – should NOT EXIST on the federal level. Why?
- Trump Says Government Should Stop Funding Medicare, Daycare To Focus on War - Newsweek
President Donald Trump has said the U.S. government "can't take care" of child care, Medicaid or Medicare costs, suggesting states should fund the provisions while the federal government focuses on "military protection."
- Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are 'Going to Be Gone,' Donald Trump Warns - Newsweek
"There's nothing about death," Trump said. "Theirs is death because they're going to lose Medicaid, they're going to lose Social Security, they're going to lose Medicare, all of those things are going to be gone because the whole country would be bankrupt, and you're not going to have any kind of medical insurance." A point of contention leading to the government shutdown is the Democrats' refusal to accept a funding bill that would cut health care provisions, which many Republicans argue fund medical care for illegal aliens.
- Trump Sparks Outrage by Claiming Federal Government Can't Fund Daycare, Medicare, or Medicaid, Saying War Comes First | IBTimes UK
Trump Speech: Firestorm Erupts After Trump Dismisses Daycare, Medicaid, and Medicare as 'Not Possible' Trump's Supreme Court Appearance Backfires as Asian Immigrants Face Greatest Threat from Birthright Citizenship End · Trump Sparks Mockery ...
- Here are the times Trump has said he wouldn't cut Medicaid - ABC News
... President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and ...
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