> Cancer Patients Must Now Prove They Are Too Ill to Work or Lose Their Medicaid Coverage Under New Trump Rules

"...and I'm proud to be an American because at least I know I'm free..."
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Cancer patients on Medicaid must now prove their illness is severe enough to prevent them from working or risk losing the health coverage that funds their treatment.

On 1 June 2026, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim final rule implementing the Medicaid work requirements written into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law in July 2025. Under the rule, most non-exempt adults aged 19 to 64 enrolled in Medicaid must complete at least 80 hours per month of work, education, community service or job training to keep their coverage.

The rule triggered an immediate backlash from 48 patient organisations, medical groups and cancer advocates, who say it goes well beyond what Congress intended, placing an unmanageable burden on some of the country's most seriously ill patients.

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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/new-medicaid- … ge-1801196

Imagine being given six months to live, goign through chemotherapy, being in incredible pain and Donald Trump telling you that you have to work 20 hours a week at McDonalds.

US government can't pay for healthcare! We have to spend trillions of US tax dollars fighting crazy Middle East wars for Israel!
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Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and day care: 'We’re fighting wars'

April 2, 2026

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to “take care” of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald … rcna266381

Medicare patients spend 6.1 hours a day watching tv, according to Dr. Oz. If they've got time to watch, then they've got time to work.

What’s the status of Israelis and Iranians with cancer? Do their countries require them to work before receiving treatment?

Its not unreasonable. I know a cancer patient who works 2-3 days a week.

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Its not unreasonable. I know a cancer patient who works 2-3 days a week.

Well, golly, that settles it!

Let’s make national policy based on some rando you know!!

facepalm

I have ZERO problem this especially give the MASSIVE fraud that was uncovered over the last year or so

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Imagine being given six months to live, goign through chemotherapy, being in incredible pain and Donald Trump telling you that you have to work 20 hours a week at McDonalds.

WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA AND JEBUS SO MUCH!!! NOW SEND OUT YOUR DAUGHTER, ER I MEAN "WILLING PROSTITUTE" SO A WHITE CONSERVATIVE MAN CAN RAPE HER!
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Anchovy_P_Imbalances wrote:
I have ZERO problem this especially give the MASSIVE fraud that was uncovered over the last year or so

Except it wasn't massive and it wasn't uncovered last year and the people were caught and convicted.

Yet again Baggers are so batshyt insane obsessed with fraud they will destroy everything just to make sure a single brown person does not get something they may not have earned.

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Except it wasn't massive and it wasn't uncovered l ......

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Except it wasn't massive and it wasn't uncovered last year and the people were caught and convicted.

Yet again Baggers are so batshyt insane obsessed with fraud they will destroy everything just to make sure a single brown person does not get something they may not have earned.

And, also, Trump pardoned one of the biggest Medicare frauidsters in US history.

I've got got some suspect moles. I DESERVE to be supported by the government for the rest of my life.

winner

Disability fraud is way over the top.
A true medical hardship case is fine.

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Disability fraud is way over the top.
A true medical hardship case is fine.

There is almost no disability fraud.

Trillions to bomb school girls!
Nothing to keep fellow Americans alive and productive!

MERICA!

iwojima

lolchix

Trump and RFK Jr. want the sick and the feeble to DIE. No doubt about it.

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Trump and RFK Jr. want the sick and the feeble to DIE. No doubt about it.

We need to winnow out the runts. Big style.

Fuq reaching into the public coffers to pay 6 figures per year keeping some pointless fatfuq or 85 year old diabetic alive.

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We need to winnow out the runts. Big style.

Fuq reaching into the public coffers to pay 6 figures per year keeping some pointless fatfuq or 85 year old diabetic alive.
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> Cancer Patients Must Now Prove They Are Too Ill to Work or Lose Their Medicaid Coverage Under New Trump Rules

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