Democrats: keep it, simple, and to the point on Medicaid cuts: messaging again

 Medicaid cuts: Republicans are losing on this one, and Democrats can score even more points by making comments simple and sharp.   Some ideas for better messaging.  Don't get lost in weeds or much data or belabor  morality issues. Go to the point and repeat, repeat, repeat.

Inform: GOP will take away health care for  10 million     people by cutting Medicaid,\  Another 15 million  will lose Obamacare and other health care coverage per the Congressional Budget Office 

Fix:

1) Simple: don't give tax breaks for the rich.  Keep Medicaid coverage for the needy   

     rebuttal points if needed

2)Don't take health care from innocent, needy people with chainsaws in the name of waste fraud abuse.. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater kills people (Thanks, Sen. Joni Ernst for the MAGA answer: people are going to die anyway:https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5418932/we-all-are-going-to-die-ernst-joni-town-hall-iowa-senator)

3) Fraud and abuse. Improve, empower, and fund inspectors general. Let them find waste, fraud, and abuse. Trump fired the inspector general the day after he was elected. 

4) Work requirements will not save money.  .They cost  millions to administer. States already can implement work requirements for Medicaid. Work requirements tried by states never increased employment.States can already apply for work requirements already; a few have and that is why we know costs and effects.. 

In the weeds, if necessary: 

Only  a few have. They do not work. (why? One reason: Over 60% of those on Medicaid are already working.  Those who are able, not disabled or elderly, are already working.)  5 Key Facts About Medicaid Work Requirements | KFF

Six Reasons Work Requirements Are a Bad Idea for Medicaid - Families USA "Nearly eight in ten non-disabled, non-elderly adults live in families where at least one member works, and sixty percent work themselves. In some states, closer to three-quarters of Medicaid enrollees are working themselves. Of those who are not working, more than one-third reported illness or disability as the primary reason for not working. Another thirty percent cited caretaking obligations as an impediment to work"