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"CMS officials emphasized that the work requirements would only apply to “able-bodied” adults, and has exemptions for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities." from this article: Trump officials move to allow Medicaid work requirements | TheHill Geesh!
"Such requirements are likely to be imposed in states carried by Trump. The Post reports that 10 states are already trying to get permission to impose them, almost all of them red states. This, among other things, leads Harold Pollack, a health-policy expert at the University of Chicago, to conclude that “Medicaid work requirements may hit Trump country hardest.”
There you go, red states. How do you like your president now?
Even better!
Why shouldn't someone who is able bodied have to work to pay for part of what they get?
MEDICARE is for the elderly duh. This is for able bodied people pre-retirement age.
#fakenews
6 in 10 Nursing Home Residents are on Medicaid in the USA. They're also on Medicare but Medicaid pays for the hefty nursing home bills - often $70,000/year.
"CMS officials emphasized that the work requirements would only apply to “able-bodied” adults, and has exemptions for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities." from this article: Trump officials move to allow Medicaid work requirements | TheHill Geesh!
So this is justification to continue the stupid notion that republicans are going to drag NURSING HOME RESIDENT out in the street to pick up trash?
have you lost control of your faculties?
Seeing that the justifications I've seen for this are at best dishonest and the fact that specifics are lacking, how can you call people out for asking what it is exactly we are talking about here?
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6 in 10 Nursing Home Residents are on Medicaid in the USA. They're also on Medicare but Medicaid pays for the hefty nursing home bills - often $70,000/year.
My niece is an OT at a facility that is part of a nation-wide chain. She does work-ups to check for physical problems. Sometimes she gets people from other nearby facilities from other chains. While most are elderly, not all are. While most have physical problems, not all do. Some have been placed in a facility. Some have gone of their own accord. They are almost all on Medicaid. I've seen this myself over the years, where someone who seems to be able-bodied will check themselves into a facility.
If the government goes after those able-bodied people, what's to stop them from going after the others? Nothing.
Seeing that the justifications I've seen for this are at best dishonest and the fact that specifics are lacking, how can you call people out for asking what it is exactly we are talking about here?
What specifics are lacking?
What is dishonest about quoting what is in the actual letter. Like me stating the fact and providing a link showing that one is not required to have a drivers license in order to vote?
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