Betrayed, the Raid on Medicaid
Medicaid is supposed to be helpful to those who don’t have access to health insurance at their job and (no surprise to the vengeful right) may not even have a job. Or may be old and broken-down, mentally incompetent and without so much as a 2nd home in Vail or a decent, late-model Audi.
There are people like that. Trust me, they’re out there.
The opening paragraph on the Medicaid site of the Department of Health and Human Services comes right out and says
“Good health is important to everyone. If you can't afford to pay for medical care right now, Medicaid can make it possible for you to get the care that you need so that you can get healthy – and stay healthy.”
Right now advances the sunny implication that your Alzheimers may reverse itself or Google might call with a great six-figure job in Mountain View, CA., complete with full-coverage health insurance. If that’s not the case, sorry ‘bout that, but you have become one of certain low-income individuals (and/or families) and the implica…