Hey! Good news for the roughly 900,000 unemployed and millions who rely on Medicare and Medicaid benefits out there. Today, the Senate voted against the $140 billion provision that would keep up Medicare payments to doctors, provide states money for Medicaid, and extend unemployment insurance. They couldn’t justify the cost as an “emergency” worthy enough to trump deficit concerns, and stuff. Because lowering the deficit is like, totally feasible, y’all! [Washington Independent]
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