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Nobody forced these people to not take care of themselves, to smoke, drink, gulp big gulps, drop out of school, and be lazy. Medicaid should be eliminated altogether, not expanded. If one chooses to be poor, so be it. Not our fault.
amen. welfare programs are for people who are disabled and children. if you are too stupid to take care of yourself you get a Darwin award.
If someone chooses to be poor? Do you really believe poverty is a choice? That people want to be poor and make the decision to be so?
In most cases, yes. Over time you makes many choices that determine your success or failure in life. Of course no one comes up to you and asks if you want to be poor or not. No one is claiming that.
Here in North Carolina, the Republican-dominated legislature has consistently defeated any type of Medicaid expansion. What that means, is that a lower-middle class family who is "too rich" for Medicare (because the income limit to exclude eligibility is so low) and cannot afford ACA plans, is between a rock and a hard place.
A 40 year old woman with breast cancer from such a family will probably die from lack of treatment. This is especially true in rural areas, where the local hospital has closed down, and even charity care is only available in a major city many miles away. So she ends up untreated with Stage 4 cancer and dies at home.
This type of family is the kind that voted for Trump. So when you think about it, the Republican party in NC is killing off its own voters. Rural Republicans in NC, please enjoy your TrumpCare! Here's to your tenuous good health!
Well medicare is for those 65+. How are you too rich for it. Do you mean medicare part B?
I thought ACA plans were going to take care of everyone, make insurance coverage affordable?
Some hospitals have closed in part due to Obamacare, let's count any deaths from that as Obama-kills.
Then let's add up all of the deaths from the weapons that Obama dropped over every unstable region in earth. Obama gave ISIS, Al Qaeda, Mexican Drug Cartels, Hezbollah, etc...weapons... Those are Obama-kills too?
As usual the righties on here are proud of their kill total. Disgusting.
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