"but block grants give states more flexibility in how they implement Medicaid."

Such a clever slogan. Such total BS. The only part of the slogan they left out is the part where they usually say, "block grants will give states the free-dumb to choose how to spend their money." I'm surprised the WSJ left that part out because it's part of their mantra. Of course what isn't mentioned is how these block grants will not nearly pay for adequate health care for the poorest Americans. The irony of course is that the states that will be hardest hit are the already cash-strapped southern states that overwhelmingly voted for Trump. 

But again, as Frank Rich advises, "Liberals looking for a way to empathize with conservatives should endorse the core conservative belief in the importance of personal responsibility. Let Trump’s white working-class base take responsibility for its own votes — or in some cases failure to vote — and live with the election’s consequences." 

I couldn't agree more.