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Republicans once opposed red tape — but now it's their favorite weapon
Red Tape Is the PointThe TrickThe source story is straightforward: Missouri’s Medicaid system is already dysfunctional, and Republicans have now layered on federal work requirements that force eligible people to repeatedly prove they deserve coverage. The result is not efficiency. It is attrition by paperwork. The same logic shows up in abortion restrictions and voter ID schemes: make the process so exhausting, expensive, and document-heavy that rights exist mostly for people with the time, money, and institutional literacy to survive the maze.Who Has PowerThe people imposing this system hold…
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