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It is in the new A24 2027 reboot

Ozempic has reduced the amount of manipulative marketing you see, too, and also your favorite dead childhood pet is somehow alive again and waiting at your back door thanks to Ozempic!

The joes in all the other parallel universes are all smarter than Joe, we got the dumbest and most complicit one.

Everything I Love Tries To Kill Me: A Memoir By A Dude Who Just Wants A Snack And A Wife Who Gives Uppies

“Republicans have made staying on Medicaid significantly harder by passing the 2025 budget reconciliation package (often referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” or “Big Ugly Bill”), which President Donald Trump signed into law.The Republican-backed legislation implements strict new administrative and eligibility mandates aimed at cutting federal spending and reducing fraud.

Critics and independent analyses warn these policies rely heavily on “death by a thousand cuts” bureaucratic barriers that risk kicking millions of eligible Americans off their health insurance due to paperwork confusion.The primary changes making it harder to maintain coverage include:

1. Mandatory Work RequirementsThe Rule: Able-bodied adults aged 19–64 without dependents who are enrolled through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion must prove they complete at least 80 hours per month of paid work, volunteering, community service, or schooling.

The Impact: Enrollees must routinely submit reporting paperwork to prove compliance or a narrow exemption (such as being “medically frail”). If they fail to navigate the reporting system, they lose coverage.Timeline: While the federal mandate officially takes broad effect on January 1, 2027, states were permitted to opt-in early. For example, Nebraska began removing enrollees for work requirement non-compliance in August 2026.

2. Semi-Annual Eligibility RenewalsThe Rule: The law shortens the timeline for eligibility verification, requiring enrollees to go through the renewal process every 6 months instead of once a year.

The Impact: Doubling the frequency of recertification multiplies the risk of “procedural denials”—where families lose coverage simply because a state notice was sent to an old address, or because they couldn’t manage the influx of state paperwork in time.

3. Stricter Verification and Exemption RulesThe Rule: The Trump administration issued strict Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rules narrowing the definition of who qualifies as “medically frail”. It also mandates more aggressive citizenship and income verification checks.

The Impact: Health organizations note that even individuals with complex illnesses like cancer now face tighter administrative burdens to gather medical records to prove they are too sick to work.Projected OutcomesThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates these cumulative changes will strip health insurance from roughly 6 million Americans over the next decade, reducing federal Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars.

Research from groups like the KFF indicates that because the vast majority of working-age Medicaid recipients are already employed or have valid caregiving/health limitations, the vast majority of those who lose insurance will do so because they are unable to manage the complex new paperwork.”

I love that the current administration and party in control of legislation put in place policy to force people off govt aid like Medicaid if you don’t work enough hours, to discourage laziness they say, but they also are stifling growth in industries that could be making new jobs so people could actually add hours to their work week. Destroy the economy and workforce and then blame everyone who needs more hours to be eligible for help, because you say they’re being lazy and not because there’s no jobs and no regulations preventing work places from avoiding higher wages and benefits like healthcare by reducing and spreading out work hours.

I’m not a fan of Lowe’s policy letting them in though

Also Reddit: banned for encouraging violence for talking about an axe!