Mark Siegel
@mcsiegel19.bsky.social
Attorney. Wonk. Geek. Not necessarily in that order.
I write a blog that occasionally touches on disability issues. Here is the latest entry: the19thfloor.net?p=4850
Waiting Game
Since the passage of the terrible GOP tax-and-gutting-of-the-social-safety-net bill, a few people have asked how it will affect me. My short answer is that it’s too soon to tell. Many of the …
the19thfloor.net
July 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I write a blog that occasionally touches on disability issues. Here is the latest entry: the19thfloor.net?p=4850
Every Republican who votes for this bill should be held personally responsible for the suffering that millions will endure.
👀The House bill cut Medicaid by $800-863 billion and now the Senate bill as we expected is worse.
CBO preliminary score for Senate bill is up to $930 billion in Medicaid cuts.
CBO preliminary score for Senate bill is up to $930 billion in Medicaid cuts.
Senator Wyden, ranking Democrat, reports preliminary CBO scores of $930B/10 years in #Medicaid cuts, under Senate reconciliation bill: www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
June 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Every Republican who votes for this bill should be held personally responsible for the suffering that millions will endure.
Reposted by Mark Siegel
Alexis traveled from #NorthCarolina to talk with Senator Thom Tillis about how Medicaid allows her disabled daughter, Kinsley, to live at home and in her community instead of at the hospital.
"We are advocating for #Medicaid because Medicaid is a lifeline..."
#ProtectMedicaid
"We are advocating for #Medicaid because Medicaid is a lifeline..."
#ProtectMedicaid
June 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Alexis traveled from #NorthCarolina to talk with Senator Thom Tillis about how Medicaid allows her disabled daughter, Kinsley, to live at home and in her community instead of at the hospital.
"We are advocating for #Medicaid because Medicaid is a lifeline..."
#ProtectMedicaid
"We are advocating for #Medicaid because Medicaid is a lifeline..."
#ProtectMedicaid
Reposted by Mark Siegel
Wrote about the report -- via @politico.com -- that big Medicaid cuts were on a "menu" of proposals circulating among House Republicans
It's basically the Medicaid portion of ACA repeal (1) www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
It's basically the Medicaid portion of ACA repeal (1) www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
Big Medicaid Cuts Are Reportedly On The Republican Menu
A list of options a conservative leader has circulated includes key elements of the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare, according to Politico.
www.huffpost.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wrote about the report -- via @politico.com -- that big Medicaid cuts were on a "menu" of proposals circulating among House Republicans
It's basically the Medicaid portion of ACA repeal (1) www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
It's basically the Medicaid portion of ACA repeal (1) www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
It won't be long before the GOP openly promotes eugenics.
As Rs gear up to cut healthcare, Sen. Marshall says, "Look, about 70% of your health outcomes are determined by you. It's determined by what you eat & what you're surrounded by. By the time you come to my office as a doctor, I can impact maybe 10 or 20% of your health outcomes"
January 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It won't be long before the GOP openly promotes eugenics.
It's only January and the GOP is already trying to take health care away from the disabled, kids, and many more.
Time to start fighting back. Please share your stories about how Medicaid or the ACA has helped you or the people you love. #disability #Medicaid www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Time to start fighting back. Please share your stories about how Medicaid or the ACA has helped you or the people you love. #disability #Medicaid www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Medicaid, ACA, climate measures on GOP chopping block
The menu of potential spending offsets has been circulated by House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington.
www.politico.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's only January and the GOP is already trying to take health care away from the disabled, kids, and many more.
Time to start fighting back. Please share your stories about how Medicaid or the ACA has helped you or the people you love. #disability #Medicaid www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Time to start fighting back. Please share your stories about how Medicaid or the ACA has helped you or the people you love. #disability #Medicaid www.politico.com/news/2025/01...