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pat_k

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22. Beyond nuts

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:17 PM

Jul 8

These are all estimates provided by AI, generally from 2023 data.

72 million people are enrolled in Medicaid

37 million of them are children
0.75 million of them are in nursing homes
20.5 (64%) of the 31 million working age adults are employed. Low wage jobs, new businesses, unable to work full time for various reasons.
13.8 million working age adults on medicaid are disabled.
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72.05 total

There are estimates that 8% of working age recipients are not working or unable to work (i.e., about 2.5 million). Given the numbers of the total in other categories, I have no idea where that estimate is coming from.

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Agriculture secretary says there will be 'no amnesty' for migrants, adults on Medicaid can replace them in workforce [View all] LiberalArkie Jul 8 OP

Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work LetMyPeopleVote Jul 8 #1

Beyond nuts pat_k Jul 8 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author valleyrogue Jul 9 #32

Corncob Karen's caught critical crazy. Torchlight Jul 8 #2

What a fucking moron. cstanleytech Jul 8 #3

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that "able bodied" Medicaid recipients will replace the farmworkers LetMyPeopleVote Jul 8 #4

the full pol pot rampartd Jul 8 #5

love to see the Rollins family show the way rurallib Jul 8 #6

More Gaslighting. They DGAF if their statements have any relationship to reality. maxsolomon Jul 8 #7

President Miller must've yelled at Deminpenn Jul 8 #8

...Fucking really? These idiot fascists clearly have no fucking idea what Medicaid even is or how it works. Karasu Jul 8 #9

I looked up the numbers. Post upthread. pat_k Jul 8 #23

Sure, folks are revving up their wheelchairs in Boston and Tuscon eager to go to Louisiana and Nebraska. :eyes: . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 8 #10

I looked up the numbers. Post upthread. pat_k Jul 8 #24

A number of questions come to mind tonkatoy8888 Jul 8 #11

Yes. Insanity. pat_k Jul 8 #25

Telling the horrible part outloud - people on Medicaid not healthy enough to work regular jobs will do farm labor? lark Jul 8 #12

And if you're interested, here are the numbers: pat_k Jul 8 #26

Is she talking about pregnant woman and women with very young children, those are only ones with Medicaid and healthy lark Jul 8 #13

They won't be hard to find, they are living in nursing homes. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #14

I grew up on a farm and worked there until after college. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #15

Has anybody else seen the produce section, recently. Buddyzbuddy Jul 8 #16

Funny thing about that. Almost everyone on Medicaid who can work is working. patphil Jul 8 #17

Perhaps it's the 37 million children on Medicaid they want to send to the fields. pat_k Jul 8 #27

A lot of red states have been modifying their child labor laws to allow kids to work more hours and at a younger age. patphil Jul 10 #36

Tick tock Blackjackdavey Jul 8 #18

MAGA Hatted Medicaid recipients picking Strawberries eringer Jul 8 #19

Turned around to protect their necks of course. pat_k Jul 8 #29

Sick people should pick the crops? catrose Jul 8 #20

Enjoy your produce BidenRocks Jul 8 #21

To say something a Republican would say: "that is so inefficient". applegrove Jul 8 #28

There are literally no competent individuals in the trump administration. NoMoreRepugs Jul 8 #30

Too f..king ridiculous for words....Doomed to fail! PortTack Jul 9 #31

Yeah, disabled people will make great farm workers. :sarcasm: raccoon Jul 9 #33

Maddow Blog-Agriculture secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace immigrants as farmworkers LetMyPeopleVote Jul 9 #34

My "working age" son Jilly_in_VA Jul 9 #35

They really think this will work? Fuckng nutz! ananda Jul 10 #37