Texas officials acknowledged some errors after they stripped Medicaid coverage from more than 2 million people, most of them children. A ProPublica and Texas Tribune review of records shows that these mistakes and others were preventable.
    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      20·
      1 month ago

      I said that recently and someone told me to “get some new material.” I was like motherfucker, I’ll quit saying it when it stops being true!

    • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      127·
      1 month ago

      This story and its ilk is awful, but saying “the cruelty is the point” is reductive and unhelpful. If you really think the majority of Texas favors cruelty for its own sake, then you should turn off your gadgets and disappear. Go away and fuck off.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
        24·
        1 month ago

        Not the majority, but definitely the controlling faction of its state government.

        I mean, to get hyper technical, they have associated this general type of cruelty with moral righteousness and fiscal responsibility.

        So they are doing things that are cruel. Those of us not caught up in their cult can see that they’re doing it because of greed, tribalism, and religious indoctrination. The cruelty is the point, but they’re not doing it just because they like being cruel. They’re doing it because being cruel is virtuous, makes them feel superior, and makes them money (note, not all of these apply to everyone; these are 3 different motivations for 3 different groups). This type of cruelty, for one or more of those reasons, is seen as a GOOD thing.

        So yes. The cruelty is the point. It’s not incidental, it’s not an unfortunate byproduct of some other goal. It is cruel and they are intentionally trying to be cruel.

  • Kalkaline @leminal.space
    53·
    1 month ago

    It will still be the Democrats fault somehow. My dad is whatever you call it when you’re not conservative or Republican but still manage to vote for right wingers. His wife had a stroke years ago and her physical abilities and mind had started to go before that. She’s needed to be on Medicare/Medicaid for a long time now. I hope she doesn’t lose access.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      60·
      1 month ago

      My dad is whatever you call it when you’re not conservative or Republican but still manage to vote for right wingers.

      Thats called a Republican, friend. Just one who tries to avoid the label and backlash.

      and I hope someone is checking in on the wife, You know how these types tend to treat the less able, especially in stressful situations.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    442·
    1 month ago

    This is not news, Texas is a failed state, nobody is running a headline “innocents killed by warlords in Somalia”.

    One thing “Texans” seem to never understand: It’s not your state, they let you live there because they needed you to run their ranches and pump their oil, but the state belongs to the rural rich and always will.

  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    91·
    1 month ago

    Show me some real world statistics, Texas, where it helps to criminalize women and force them into motherhood and take away any benefits that could help them.

  • Sarmyth@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 month ago

    As always, Texas hates Texans. All I ever hear are the things their government takes away or deny them. What’s Texas done for Texas lately?