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re: JBE's Medicaid Expansion is going to rape Louisiana's budget situation
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:22 pm to Sentrius
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:22 pm to Sentrius
If Medicaid was eliminated entirely, as some of you would like, it would result in these former Medicaid patients going to emergency rooms for every ache and pain. It would result in a lot of hospitals going bankrupt because every ER has signs all over the place saying you WILL BE TREATED REGARDLESS OF YOUR ABILITY TO PAY. And who do you think will eventually have to foot the bill?
Medicaid has its faults but some form of it is necessary because (1) a compassionate society has an obligation to care for truly indigent people and(2) we are going to end up paying for them anyway.
Medicaid has its faults but some form of it is necessary because (1) a compassionate society has an obligation to care for truly indigent people and(2) we are going to end up paying for them anyway.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:38 pm to homesick1934
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(1) a compassionate society has an obligation to care for truly indigent people and(2) we are going to end up paying for them anyway.
All that right there.....F that...That line of thinking is how this welfare state got started.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:43 pm to homesick1934
Don't forget nursing homes.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 10:58 pm to homesick1934
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, it would result in these former Medicaid patients going to emergency rooms for every ache and pain.
Or they could just go to urgent care and the regular physician like a smart person?
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every ER has signs all over the place saying you WILL BE TREATED REGARDLESS OF YOUR ABILITY TO PAY.
Actually this is one reason why healthcare is so expensive in this country as healthcare is a commodity and a scarce good and when you force it to be sold to anyone and everyone, you create a more expensive market.
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Medicaid has its faults but some form of it is necessary because
It's not necessary.
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a compassionate society has an obligation to care for truly indigent people and(2) we are going to end up paying for them anyway.
shite like this is why entitlements are eating up the federal budget and ballooning our debt past 20 trillion.
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