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Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Kill Americans — Roland Martin, RMU Says It Plain

2025-08-01 News & Politics
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Assessing the Deadly Impact of Proposed Medicaid Cuts on American Lives

Understand how proposed federal legislation threatens the lives of 15-20 million Americans and forces rural hospitals toward closure. Learn what experts say must happen now to prevent rollbacks to 60 years of healthcare progress.

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  • The Republican-backed bill signing endangers safety nets established 60 years ago, disproportionately impacting poor, sick, and Black communities.
  • Experts warn that cuts will lead to delayed, more severe treatment, increased costs, and rising death rates, tragically visible on autopsy tables.
  • The policy harms Red States dependent on Medicaid for rural viability and simultaneously targets Blue States by hampering revenue management capabilities.
  • Physicians across all specialties face immediate jeopardy from uncompensated patient loads or increased emergency room congestion.

This discussion, featuring former CMS administrators and the NMA President, details the severe policy implications of Trump-era actions against Medicaid. The panel emphasizes that these measures are immoral, reversing crucial progress made since the 1960s, and require immediate public awareness and political action before rollbacks solidify.

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Trump and the GOP aren’t just playing politics — they’re playing with people’s lives. Roland Martin and the panel expose the deadly truth behind Trump’s plan to gut Medicaid, leaving 15–20 million Americans without coverage. Doctors, experts, and voices on the ground are clear: this isn’t reform — it’s policy murder. And the ones who will suffer most are the poor, the sick, and Black communities already under pressure. 🔥 “They’re killing their own people.” 🔥 “This is going to cause folks to die.” 🔥 “I see failed policy on my autopsy table.” — Dr. Mitchell 🔥 “People in tears... saying ‘my kid is covered by Medicaid.’” 🔥 “The morgues will be telling the story.” #TrumpMedicaidCuts #HealthCareJustice #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #PolicyMurder #MedicaidMatters #GOPCuts Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@LivingEmpoweredToday 2025-08-01

Roland has the LITERAL former Director of Medicaid speaking and we have people in the chat saying Roland is lying. We can't help everyone, just those willing to believe their eyes and ears.

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@we_are_saved_by_grace1 2025-08-01

Meanwhile, he is building a 200.00 million dollar ballroom at the WH

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@les040 2025-08-01

I work in The Health Insurance Industry In Rural PA 4 Hospitals and 3 Nursing have Closed The White House Don’t Care and Some Don’t Know Hospitals and Nursing Homes CAN NOT Survive just Private Pay/ Private Insurance Medicare and Medicaid IS Needed This is a Shame

52 2 replies
@cynthianesbitt6197 2025-08-01

"Sounds like murder to me!

49 2 replies
@SgtWaters 2025-08-01

Fred Hampton said, "We can fight together or stay poor separately."

47 2 replies
@danaray9035 2025-08-01

This is so sad so many people on Medicaid. Yes people will die pray for America it’s a mess.

39 4 replies
@Wayne-b2y5c 2025-08-01

The sick will flood the emergency rooms for routine care. This will cost all Americans.

25 6 replies
@billjames3129 2025-08-01

Awesome Video Roland 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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@danaray9035 2025-08-01

I work in nursing home. It’s bad you guys so bad. I’m bracing myself because it’s gonna get worser for us and the patients. Not alone patients with mental illness. I’m already burned out I see what’s going on

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@kayladanasia 2025-08-01

This is not Republicans or Democrat it is up to us to live or die we have to count on each other to help one another so we can live longest God has us to live not man, I choose to live

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