"Lawmakers also agreed to allow states to begin kicking ineligible people off their Medicaid rolls in April, regardless of when the Covid-19 public health emergency ends.

"While Democrats fought to require every state Medicaid program cover postpartum care for a year, the final legislation has fallen short and instead would only make permanent 33 states’ extended coverage."

https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/19/congress-reaches-major-health-policy-deal-on-medicare-medicaid-and-pandemic-preparedness/

#Budget2022
#Medicaid
#healthcare
#MaternalHealth
#RepubllicansHatePeople

"Immigration provisions, cannabis banking measures and a child tax credit expansion were excluded from the deal.

"It would raise the threshold to force a vote to object to a state's electoral votes from one member of the House and Senate to one-fifth of each chamber. It would also beef up laws involving state certification of elections."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/congress-releases-major-spending-bill-election-reforms-prevent-another-rcna62469

#Budget2022
#ChildTaxCredit
#marijuana
#elections
#democracy

* "record $858 billion for defense -- some $45 billion more than Biden proposed"

* "clarify and tighten the way U.S. presidential election winners are certified by Congress"

* "A bipartisan proposal to protect these youth from deportation while also spending more to keep migrants south of the U.S. border sputtered out last Thursday."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congress-aims-pack-additional-measures-into-government-funding-bill-2022-12-19

#Budget2022
#democrats
#republicans
#military
#daca
#immigration
#elections

'We did everything we could to save the economy said
#RishiSunak & #JeremyHunt.
Well, not that, obviously'. 🐘
#Brexit #r4today #RemainersWereRight
#EconomicCrisis #Budget2022
thetimes.co.uk/article/when-t…

RT @GreenpeaceUK@twitter.com

One thing most people don't get about the #WindfallTax is the loophole.

The loophole means the government GIVES public money to oil companies to produce more oil.

They are doing this at the same time as telling everyone else we're facing a TWO-YEAR recession. 😮

#Budget2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceUK/status/1595064558338510849

Jeremy Hunt features in Matt’s cartoon, you can tell it’s him from the ‘sincere’ look of anguish on Robin Hood’s face, as he robs them. #Austerity #budget2022

RT @JerryHicksUnite@twitter.com

@RhonddaBryant@twitter.com The sickest picture of all #budget2022 #Budget2023 #Hunt #Sunak
Taxes up : Services cut : Recession & Austerity :12years of Tory misrule

And they are congratulating themselves

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JerryHicksUnite/status/1593280687930499073

RT @Femi_Sorry@twitter.com

Jeremy Hunt managed to summon the ancestors in this one. 😅
#budget2022 https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1593562619763654656

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry/status/1593570309671632896

@13sarahmurphy Listening to @Jeremy_Hunt totally #gaslighting the public on @BBCr4today

This sort of polite calmness is even more dangerous & insidious than the buffoonery of Boris….

It’s as if the @conservatives haven’t acknowledged the utter carnage they’ve caused.

And no acknowledgement of the disaster that is #Brexit

#budget2022

#budget2022 I am not too sure the .@Conservatives get this; we support higher taxes when they lead to an improvement on public services and the NHS, not higher taxes to pay off their profligacy over the last 13 years; and higher council taxes mean higher costs, ergo inflation.

The failure to address this by the Opposition makes them almost as complicit as the government. Pretending the possibility of boosting the economy by rejoining *just the Single Market* - doesn’t exist for either of them. #inflation #r4today #budget2022

RT @EmmaKennedy@twitter.com

We're in an absolute mess.

Please, Opposition Parties, start talking about rejoining the Single Market.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/1593234103679057920

RT @Juliest101@twitter.com

Every single fucker who peddled the monstrous con of Brexit, from Tory MPs to the RW media, along with that stupid shithead Truss should be behind fucking bars for the economic pain they have inflicted upon us.

#budget2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Juliest101/status/1593212766978191360

RT @CentralBylines@twitter.com

Let's remind us all why the #budget2022 was so harsh and why we will all now pay for the black hole they created.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CentralBylines/status/1593272019122102273

RT @ukiswitheu
..Hunt is hitting the poorest people hardest

..Hunt is building nuclear when renewables are 9x cheaper

Caroline Lucas #budget2022

RT @Parody_PM@twitter.com

Here's a handy summary of the budget:
I'm fine but you're fucked.
I hope that helps.
#autumnstatement2022
#budget2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Parody_PM/status/1593321052951781393

As opposed to the last one 55 days ago which crashed the British economy. I guess it all evens out then. #RishiSunak #budget2022

RT @RishiSunak@twitter.com

Today’s Autumn Statement delivers the long-term stability this country needs.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/status/1593228500273860608

RT @theGrit_music@twitter.com

Do you remember how Truss and Kwarteng lost us £30Bn a few weeks back?

Now we pay for that mistake.

#budget2022 #budget #AutumnStatement

RT @FromSteveHowell@twitter.com

Appointing a former private health company director to advise on the "efficiency" of the NHS - as Hunt has - tells you a lot about Tory privatisation plans.

When that person is a former Labour minister, it also tells you how similar Blairites and Tories are. #budget2022

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/FromSteveHowell/status/1593226956254121985

RT @SueSuezep@twitter.com

Why wasn't one of the very difficult decisions of the #budget2022 to stop the British public subsidising the food drink and utilities of MPs?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SueSuezep/status/1593284307912720385

Carer's Allowance in the UK in 2022 = £69 per week max. for providing 24/7 care - £1,400 per month in Germany.

£69 is disgraceful. It's way out of step with the times and costs.

#budget2022