Medicaid defender Laura Loomer in action. Photo: Michael Nigro/Sipa USA / AP Photo Anyone who has watched Republicans closely during the entirety of this century would be justified in expecting great joy in GOP circles at the prospect of smashing Medicaid this year. This program, which provides health care for poor people, has always been unpopular among Republicans, dating all the way back to Ronald Reagan’s attacks on the original legislation that created both Medicaid and Medicare. Precisely