First of all, when it comes to Medicaid, removing illegal aliens for which we pay for the birth of their anchor babies plus healthcare for that anchor baby for an unlimited amount of years and the 3 times more often an illegal alien visits the emergency room than a citizen, that would save us between 11 million and 30 million per year of Medicaid dollars. Not a bad start!
The Medicaid Costs of Legalizing Illegal Aliens | Center for Immigration Studies and
What Illegal Immigrants Cost Our Health Care System | LifeZette So, we began by thinking of taking care of our own versus the poor of other nations that have invaded our country.
As a mother of an adult son with developmental disabilities who is on Medicaid, I see nothing wrong with the proposal being made in that regard. It sounds much better compared to the way it is done now. As my son's guardian (he functions at the pre-school level), for the last 9 years, I have looked at this system that denies care because they can't come up with funds to be matched, maybe this will be what makes necessary changes in the system.
Notice in the article referenced the word "might" is being used. Heck, the world "might" end today.
I am also familiar with the nursing home situation when someone cannot afford it moves to Medicaid. The same system has been in place for some time and nothing with ObamaCareNot made that better or different that I saw. I lived in the county where the fastest growing age group was 80+, so have a feel for such things.
And it states that the bill would allow states to attach a work requirement to Medicaid, geesh, those capable of working would be required to work.
For decades, many working people have kept working in order to insure having health insurance, have stayed at jobs that they hated to insure having that insurance coverage, but those that don't want to work shouldn't be required to work in order to have Medicaid coverage?
3. Substance abuse, opiates? Secure the southern border using wall, natural barriers, electronic surveillance and increased border patrol agents.
5. I would like to see more states using the family cap:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_cap This actually works, watch the articles on illegal aliens being deported, they almost always have just the 4 anchor babies.
The only ones on Medicaid should be the elderly and the disabled who truly cannot work.
If they take a good long hard look at those ripping off the system, costs can be reduced and everyone served that NEEDS to be served.
Medicaid offers birth control to include sterilization in most, if not all, states.
Something has to be done as we cannot continue to carry the deadweight of others who make bad choices!
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