They’ll Get Over It? Mitch McConnell’s War on Medicaid and the People Who Rely on It
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Mitch McConnell told Republicans to ignore the backlash over massive Medicaid cuts: “They’ll get over it.” Trump’s “beautiful” bill includes over $600 billion in cuts, with even more planned in the Senate version. The GOP’s strategy is clear: gut public health to fund tax breaks for the 1%.
“I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they’ll get over it.”
— Sen. Mitch McConnell, behind closed doors, Capitol Hill
That wasn’t a slip. That was the truth slipping out.
Mitch McConnell — the architect of decades of corporate giveaways and public sector sabotage — just told America what he really thinks about the millions who rely on Medicaid: shut up and suffer.
And he’s not alone. The GOP’s newest budget weapon, buried inside Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” aims to slash Medicaid funding under the pretense of tax cuts for the rich. It’s not just cruel. It’s calculated.
Medicaid Isn’t a Handout — It’s a Lifeline
Medicaid serves over 80 million Americans, including children, seniors in nursing homes, people with disabilities, and working families in low-income jobs. In rural America, it’s often the only reason hospitals can stay open.
But that doesn’t matter to Mitch McConnell. Or to Trump. Or to GOP leadership.
They want to attach cruel work requirements, cut funding formulas, and eliminate provider tax revenue — effectively bankrupting the system and pushing the burden to states already stretched thin.
The message? If you’re poor, sick, or disabled — you’re expendable.
What the Cuts Really Mean
The House version of Trump’s tax bill already cuts $600 billion from Medicaid by:
- Requiring impossible work conditions
- Forcing states to reverify eligibility constantly
- Kicking people off care even if they’re working part-time or caregiving
But the Senate takes it further. Their plan would:
- Cap state provider taxes, which help fund Medicaid
- Lower federal matching rates, meaning states have less support
- Cause hospital closures, especially in rural and underserved communities
- Push millions more off care, including children and veterans
Sen. Thom Tillis — not exactly a progressive — warned Republicans this will cost them seats in 2026, comparing it to the GOP’s catastrophic attempt to repeal Obamacare.
Yet McConnell’s response? “Failure is not an option.” Translation: Cut now. Let the public figure it out later.
The GOP’s Real Strategy: Starve the People, Feed the Rich
The Republican plan is clear:
- Explode the deficit with tax breaks for billionaires and corporations
- Create a fake budget crisis
- Blame the poor and slash social safety nets like Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare
- Claim it’s the only way to “save” the economy
McConnell has been running this playbook for decades. And Trump has adopted it fully. They’re not solving economic problems — they’re manufacturing them to justify transferring public wealth to private elites.
They will say the country is “broke.”
They will say cuts are “necessary.”
They will lie to your face while protecting the ultra-rich.
“They’ll Get Over It” — No, We Won’t
This is not just a policy disagreement. It’s a moral collapse.
We are governed by a gang of corporate servants, openly planning to strip the poor of health care, sell off the future of children, and then gaslight the public into blaming immigrants, Democrats, or “wasteful spending.”
If we accept this, we become complicit.
We cannot normalize indifference to human suffering.
We cannot accept a government that rewards Wall Street while starving Main Street.
And we absolutely cannot allow someone like McConnell — who has lied to and manipulated the American public for decades — to speak for us any longer.
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” isn’t just a tax plan — it’s a declaration of war on working Americans.
McConnell’s flippant “they’ll get over it” comment isn’t just insulting — it’s revealing.
It tells you everything about the modern Republican Party: no compassion, no shame, and no loyalty to the people they swore to serve.
Now is the time to fight. Not just for Medicaid — but for the soul of the country.
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