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GOP Congressman Cashed Out Hospital Investments Before Voting for Biggest Medicaid Cut in History
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Congressman Rob Bresnahan, a Pennsylvania Republican who campaigned on banning stock trading by lawmakers only to make at least 626 stock trades since taking office in January, was under scrutiny Monday for a particular sale he made just before he voted for the largest Medicaid cut in US history.
Also, Centene is involved in the Desantis and his wife's charity money laundering and kickbacks from Medicaid. The GOP, where they can do anything they want.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article311619075.html (look up Florida Hope scandal and there's tons more)
Hope Florida charity paid for hotel rooms, perks for DeSantis officials
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article308664570.html
Reports at the time was that some of that money they routed into propaganda to convince people to not vote for legalization of recreational marijuana. (Medical is legal there)
It failed with 55.9% of the population voting for it to pass. Had the vote happened between 1845 and 2006, it would have passed. But Florida changed the requirements for legislation to pass to 60% instead of 50 in 2006. Which that legislation passed with....less than 60% of the vote, this would not have gone into effect if it had to pass its own rules.
Had Desantis not preached against it, and used government funds to manipulate public opinion, that legislation would have still likely passed.