I’m a Proud Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.

[u/supercali-2021]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/medicaid-conservative.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

[u/perrodeblanca]

"Im proud to only focus on the politics that negatively affect me and now that there affecting someone I love ill pretend like I didnt support the reason this outcome happen and seek empathy from those I hurt"

There fixed it for ya schmuck.

[u/Spirited_Concept4972 → u/perrodeblanca]

👌💯👌💯

[u/greghater]

well probably stop voting conservative then??? if it’s life or death, don’t vote for the death party??

[u/Sleepy-Blonde → u/greghater]

The “pro-life” party loves to rally around the unborn while doing everything to fuck kids (literally and metaphorically), the disabled, the poor, and the suffering.

[u/classyraven → u/greghater]

The kid to his mom in 10 years: "am I a joke to you???"

[u/Boyo-Sh00k]

maybe stop voting for the party that wants your son dead

[u/belligerent_bovine]

Maybe consider becoming a proud liberal, or at the very least, an ashamed conservative. Why would you be proud of a party that is actively working to take away your son’s rights? What if you didn’t have a disabled son…would you be proud of a party that’s trying to take away a stranger’s rights? This whole “I didn’t care about poor/gay/trans/POC rights until they directly affected me” thing just exposes how selfish some people are. God bless the able bodied rich white straight cis men who still vote democrat because it’s the RIGHT THING TO DO

[u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

Conservatives don't believe in medicaid. Conservatives don't believe in raising the minimum wage. Conservatives believe in trickle down economics. So many conservative voters don't seem to understand what they're voting for.

[u/ConsiderationOk254 → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

They do understand, at least most do and they really don't want those things to exist. Why ? Idk they think they pay too many taxes maybe which they don't compared to so many other countries

[u/a_little_hazel_nuts → u/ConsiderationOk254]

The thing they don't understand is they will always pay taxes, how else do billionaires get tax breaks and government grants.

[u/ConsiderationOk254 → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

Yeah that they don't understand. The amount that goes to poor people is nothing in comparison and if I was rich I rather give it to people that need than the super rich

[u/a_little_hazel_nuts → u/ConsiderationOk254]

People don't realize the government gives more money to privatized health insurance than they spend on medicaid. But Republicans passed the BBB cutting medicaid but didn't cut corporate privatized health insurance.

[u/Thezedword4 → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

They did actually give cuts to private Healthcare. They elimated premium assistance for aca plans for the people who are poor but not poor enough for medicaid.

I have one of these plans. I make 20k a year. I got a letter from my state explaining my premium could go up by up to 82% in 2026. I have no idea how I'll be able to pay it. Still won't qualify for medicaid though.

So yeah they're screwing everyone over. And did make some cuts to private Healthcare funding.

[u/a_little_hazel_nuts → u/Thezedword4]

I don't consider the affordable care act privatized necessarily and I understand it isn't medicaid either it's somewhere in between. It's BS that the BBB is only making cuts to what effects the poor and middle class while giving billionaires 4.5 trillion in tax kick backs.

[u/a_little_hazel_nuts → u/Thezedword4]

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22052151/ These subsidies have existed since before the affordable care act. Corporate welfare is insane. I understand the aca costs the government as well. The link is talking about 2009, Obama care was passed 2010 and fully implemented 2014

[u/UtopiaCafeJon → u/ConsiderationOk254]

Sure they understand. They voted for the right to be racist, which is the only thing they truly care about. 🤷‍♂️

[u/[deleted] → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

Sure they understand. They voted for the right to be racist, which is what’s truly most important to them. 🤷‍♂️

[u/cawsking555 → u/a_little_hazel_nuts]

dont also belive to get rid of the pickle amendments 2k restriction

[u/therealNerdMuffin]

L bozo

[u/Classic_Greedy]

Conservatives don’t care about disabled people at all, and never did. They cut their [disabled people’s] funds and promote eugenics.

[u/CapsizedbutWise]

A proud asshole.

[u/ConsiderationOk254]

Conservative and needing and social service can't exist together

[u/Wolf_Wilma]

Nope

[u/Capable_Echo_5396]

Pretty dang sure I saw this exact thing cross posted elsewhere.

[u/supercali-2021 → u/Capable_Echo_5396]

You did. I just wanted to make sure all the disabled people in this sub saw it too. People like this woman are so infuriating to me. I will never understand any disabled person, or parent or relative of a disabled person, who votes Republican. It makes absolutely zero sense.

[u/Spirited_Concept4972 → u/supercali-2021]

🤦‍♀️

[u/Capable_Echo_5396 → u/supercali-2021]

No I’m saying…. It’s been cross posted because it’s fake. lol. Rage bait. 🫠

[u/Chyldofforever → u/Capable_Echo_5396]

It’s not fake.

[u/supercali-2021 → u/Capable_Echo_5396]

What do you mean it's fake? What evidence do you have that it's fake? The writer of the opinion piece is a real person. Are you saying she's lying or these are not her true thoughts?

[u/Thezedword4 → u/Capable_Echo_5396]

How so? Please elaborate. The information provided in the article is correct. It's run in a legitimate website where they verify who's writing it.

[u/CellaSpider]

I hope your son keeps Medicaid but conservatism is generally opposed to such things. I would suggest you re evaluate your political stances, although it may not help your son. In any case, it isn’t good that you didn’t care until now, but if it gets you to support good things, I’m not opposed to you changing.

[u/porqueuno]

repost, this was posted yesterday

[u/Disastrous_Mood_4475]

If you voted for Trump, I do not feel sorry for you. I feel sorry for your son. I’m not a political tech person however I have morals and I also have common sense and it seems like a lot of people who voted for Trump did not get the full message And even if you don’t like Vice President Harris that doesn’t matter to me what does matter is that people continue to ignore the red flags that Donald Trump shows. Me being a disabled person on Medicaid. I received Medicaid back in 2022. During 2020 during the pandemic I paid close attention to Trump during his first term. Presidents are not perfect. However, Donald Trump ignored the fact that we were in a global pandemic and made it about him. He did not make it about the American people in a ton of people lost their lives because of it

Now people are ignoring the fact that Donald Trump is doing it again. He has invited the country so badly to the point of no return and it is sad that it takes a father who voted conservative to see that now something is affecting him. And now millions of people like your son are going to lose Medicaid if they haven’t already lost Medicaid . MU are not willing to do research on Google about project 2025. You don’t even have to read the whole entire bill because during the election I skimmed over the bill to see that Trump wants to get rid of Medicaid and Medicare and food stamps in assistant For housing. I’m on Medicaid and I receive food stamps so I’m a disabled person who can’t work at the moment and has to have food stamps in order for me to afford to eat because my SSI check is only enough for me to pay rent. My parents have to help me pay the rest of my bills. Again, I have no sympathy for parents to decide to vote conservative a.k.a. Republican not do research and now get on the Internet and complain that their loved ones are losing Medicaid or Medicare or their food stamps or they may have to take in their loved ones who are on housing assistance

[u/Haruu_Haruu_]

i thought this was posted a few days ago to....

[u/jacobpederson]

That's Bait.

[u/Thezedword4 → u/jacobpederson]

How so?

[u/Dawnspark]

What a lameass.

She only cares when it directly affects her and her family, of course.

Typical bullshit.

[u/Spirited_Concept4972]

You’re a messed up person

[u/theendless_wanderer]

There are loads and loads of disabled Republicans and disableds

The hate on this sub towards half the US is unsurprising as it is grotesque

[u/Thezedword4 → u/theendless_wanderer]

Considering Republicans will be the cause of disabled Americans losing their Healthcare thanks to the big beautiful bill, I think that hate is just a tad bit justified. I'm not going to be able to pay for my health insurance in 2026 thanks to the bill. I won't be able to live without health insurance.

That said, I don't hate republican voters. I feel bad they've fallen for an obvious grift. I'm disappointed in what has become of our country.

[u/Strawberry_Sheep → u/theendless_wanderer]

LOL nah, if you vote for fascists, you're a fascist, you deserve the hate