Newsmax guest claims that “a lot” of the people who will be losing healthcare as a result of the GOP bill “aren't supposed to be getting federally-funded health care right now anyway”
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From the May 23, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Chris Plante: The Right Squad
JASON NICHOLS (GUEST): No, but I think Democrats feel that we should feed hungry children. And when you cut things like SNAP, food stamps, you're literally taking food off of the plates of young babies and children. So I'm in favor of babies eating. And I think there are a lot of people, apparently, who aren't.
The other thing is that 7 million people are going to lose their health care. And I think when we know that, you know, medical emergencies are one of the top reasons that people go bankrupt, we don't want some rural guy to lose his farm or some, you know, person to lose their row house in D.C. because they can't pay their medical bills because they lost their health care. So there are a lot of issues with that.
And just from a macroeconomic standpoint, we can look at the fact that this is going to add 3.1 million — excuse me, trillion, with a T, trillion dollars to the debt at least. And what does that do to the bond market? There are a lot of considerations here that will be bad for the United States of America. And I think that's why you saw a lot of that resistance early on.
I think when Donald Trump shows up, Republicans listen because there's always the threat that in two years you're going to — you know, you're going to have to face consequences because he is popular with the base. But in reality, you know this, you know, macro-economically, it doesn't matter how you look at it, it is a tax cut to the wealthy. And the poorest among us are actually going to get a tax increase. The CBO, as you mentioned, has already said that, you know, you're going to end up paying about $800 more if you're in the bottom 20%. So why we cut taxes to people who can afford it, but then raise taxes to people who can't, I think is problematic.
MERCEDES SCHLAPP (GUEST): There is more money going into the hands — into the pockets of American individuals. Number one. And then on SNAP, they're actually just shifting a lot of this cost to the states. There are exemptions to it, including for parents with children under seven. And they're actually increasing spending in SNAP by $60 billion for this new agricultural program. So I think it's — just to clarify on the SNAP situation what is actually in the bill. It's important.
LARRY O'CONNOR (GUEST): And a lot of those 7 million people who are going to go without health care are 7 million people who aren't supposed to be getting federally-funded healthcare right now anyway. They're either in the country illegally or they're double dipping. No, and that is true. And that's exactly what's been revealed. And what we know about these so-called cuts to Medicaid.
SCHLAPP: Well, I got to tell you, I mean, one of the other things with Medicaid in particular is like — you're not going to get it if you have a home value of about $1 million. I don't know. I don't think you should be getting Medicaid if you're —
O'CONNOR: You're crazy.
SCHLAPP: If you're worth $1 million. Well, that's included.