What is this government shutdown about? Billions of dollars for non citizen health care?

[JimmySpeaks]

53 minutes ago, braves121 said:

I proudly don’t watch any msm news i actually read several outlets and make my informed decision which don’t include me posting ai slop

Why is AI slop? 

[jross]

Just now, braves121 said:

It’s hard to gather information with ai depending on who fed the algorithm. For example a friend on this board posted a big ai cut and paste but the big problem was it claimed Obama was president in 2008. Some ai says Charlie Kirk’s assassin was left leaning, some say he was maga. There are no current guardrails for ai so just reluctant to search and see whatever the tech tycoon often day wants me to see. Right now google ai is blocking overviews of things such as trump and cognitive decline. 

It can be!

This may be stuff you already know, but I definitely use AI continuously for work and personal.

There are actually classes about how to use AI well, specifically around AI prompts.

But AI is also only as good as what it is trained on.

You can prompt AI to cite its source.

We still must verify the source because AI will make up source and article titles.

Even with prompt refinement and source verification, leveraging AI is incomparably productive for most of my needs.  Scary and awesome.  I have a hard-earned, niche technical skill set.  I outproduce my peers by 10x in this area.  It seems incomparable to review my analysis to AI for what was previously a rarely accessible skill.  AI knows more, adjusts faster, and produces quality instantly.

[jross]

12 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Why is AI slop? 

Facts: It is unoriginal and hallucinates.

It encourages slop from humans that do not verify the source.

It legit may affect our brains to shrink over time as the need to memorize, recall, and think critically.

WALL-E is coming.

Edited 1 hour ago by jross

[mspart]

The key here is that the Ds wanted to roll back the big beautiful bill requirement of medicaid eligibility.   And that would allow people that should be ineligible to get it.  Since the Big Beautiful bill, the CBO says it has saved money by not allowing ineligible people from accessing it.   That's what the Ds want.   They want ineligible (and that includes illegals) people to get Medicaid benefits they do not deserve.  Period, end of story.   See article below regarding Mike Johnson interview with George Stephanoplololossoooose on ABCs good morning america.  

https://www.foxnews.com/media/speaker-johnson-abcs-stephanopoulos-clash-over-government-shutdown-illegal-immigrants-getting-healthcare

Speaker Johnson, ABC’s Stephanopoulos clash over government shutdown, illegal immigrants getting healthcare

During an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Stephanopoulos accused Johnson and Republicans of wanting to shut down the government to avoid continuing to fund Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans. The House Speaker pushed back on that claim.

"The Democrats’ proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage or paying higher health care premiums. Why are you against that?" Stephanopoulos asked.

"That’s an absurd statement, what you said there," Johnson replied. "It’s a factual statement," Stephanopoulos shot back.

Johnson argued that the measure could allow illegal immigrants to access healthcare.

"No, George. Let me tell you what happened last night. Everybody can go and review the facts for themselves. Forty-four Senate Democrats voted to reject a clean, non-partisan, continuing-funding resolution to keep the United States government open. The Democrats said instead that they wanted to give healthcare to illegal aliens instead of keeping critical services provided for the American citizens."

"That’s what happened, plain and simple," Johnson added. 

Stephanopoulos pushed back: "Here are the facts. The proposal does not provide healthcare for illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants cannot buy health care under the Affordable Care Act. They cannot receive healthcare subsidies."

Johnson interrupted, saying, "That’s not true." 

Stephanopoulos continued, "Illegal immigrants are ineligible for Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Program. The Democratic bill does not make them eligible."

Johnson countered that Democrats’ ACA proposal would roll back Republican provisions from the GOP’s "big, beautiful bill."

"It does actually, because what it does is it unwinds the changes that Republicans put into the big, beautiful bill – the signature legislation that we passed and signed into law on July 4. That has been very successful in shoring up Medicaid for the people who are actually to receive it," the Speaker said.

Johnson added that the Congressional Budget Office confirmed the law helped reduce premiums by removing ineligible recipients — "illegal aliens and able-bodied young men who are not eligible to be there."

mspart