(March 13, 2020 at 7:08 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(March 13, 2020 at 6:40 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Republicans absolutely hate Medicaid and have been working to reduce or remove it for a long time.
I know that it does need some reworking as it's not handled well. Years ago I worked as a bookkeeper at a county level mental health care clinic. There were two people on staff whose sole mission was to get people approved for Medicaid. They weren't trying to make sure the people who needed it most were getting it...just getting people approved no matter what. The clinic made a ton of money off Medicaid patients...much more than a patient with private insurance or a cash patient.
Medicaid fraud is problem in this country.
I think it a great thing and very much needed by a segment of the population but it needs to be run much better than it is.
I wasn’t debating the merits of the system (I don’t know enough about it to do that). It just strikes me as monumentally stupid to not use money already earmarked for healthcare to help deal with a healthcare crisis.
It’s as if you have a Build-a-Bridge account and you refuse to use the money to build a bridge
Boru
Helping those in need (read - the poor) is so far down on the list of things the Republicans want to do that making anything easier on them isn't something they want to entertain.
Medicaid isn't something they will use for good - I wouldn't be surprised to see it syphoned off for building the Trumpty Wall long before it would be used to help in an real crisis.
Medicaid patients are already often getting crap medical care as many doctors simply don't accept it and the ones who do probably aren't the best choice for a medical provider. You can't make it easy for those who currently make do with borderline health services when there are people who can/will pay full price for the tests. You can't waste those tests on the undesirables.
Monumentally stupid - no. Typical governance by the haves when it pertains to the have nots - yes. They know exactly what they are doing...maintaining their upper hand.
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius