Class warfare is brewing regarding the Medicaid program.
Our current President has now given the states the power to force recipients to work for this health benefit.
In case you do not know this, Medicaid is the largest funding source for medical and health related services on behalf of low-income citizens in the United States. It is a jointly managed and funded "means-tested" program involving the federal government and states.
As a lower middle-class worker , you are acutely aware of just how EXPENSIVE health care related insurance has become. Not only is it exorbitantly expensive for the individual employee of any company .... it is insultingly out of reach for an employee's family.
It doesn't take a giant leap in logic to understand why it is a program we NEED as a country to help the low income sector.
I think we still believe as a county that it is in our nation's best interests to care for those who need help with health services. Don't we??? Or did I miss the memo???
If you don't need help with these kind of services and work within a company that provides their employees great benefits, then count yourself lucky. When it comes right down to it, that is all it is ... "Luck". You are no better or worse or more entitled than anyone else ... luck is the only way to describe it.
Truth be told, most of us are just a paycheck or two away from needing Medicaid.
Perhaps you are feeling the pain of trying to afford health care insurance for yourself and family??? Thus, you are secretly harboring some resentment towards those that are being provided for by Medicaid. You may have missed the point from a previous paragraph where I said the program is "means-tested". These folks are on the program for a reason ....
Considering the challenges those that are dependent on Medicaid face, it really is kind of cruel and unrealistic to suggest they are taking advantage of the system and should have to work for those benefits.
It is not prudent to slice and dice a program that most of us will have to rely on at some point.
When all is said and done, it is simply those "that have" deciding what the "have-nots" are entitled to receive.
Class warfare.
In case you are not aware of this ... there are more on the low end than on the high end. One should probably give some thought as to how this balance could negatively effect you when you piss the low end off.
Our current President has now given the states the power to force recipients to work for this health benefit.
In case you do not know this, Medicaid is the largest funding source for medical and health related services on behalf of low-income citizens in the United States. It is a jointly managed and funded "means-tested" program involving the federal government and states.
As a lower middle-class worker , you are acutely aware of just how EXPENSIVE health care related insurance has become. Not only is it exorbitantly expensive for the individual employee of any company .... it is insultingly out of reach for an employee's family.
It doesn't take a giant leap in logic to understand why it is a program we NEED as a country to help the low income sector.
I think we still believe as a county that it is in our nation's best interests to care for those who need help with health services. Don't we??? Or did I miss the memo???
If you don't need help with these kind of services and work within a company that provides their employees great benefits, then count yourself lucky. When it comes right down to it, that is all it is ... "Luck". You are no better or worse or more entitled than anyone else ... luck is the only way to describe it.
Truth be told, most of us are just a paycheck or two away from needing Medicaid.
Perhaps you are feeling the pain of trying to afford health care insurance for yourself and family??? Thus, you are secretly harboring some resentment towards those that are being provided for by Medicaid. You may have missed the point from a previous paragraph where I said the program is "means-tested". These folks are on the program for a reason ....
- They are low income or,
- In need of nursing home care or
- Use personal care services to stay in their home and out of facilities and/or.
- Are disabled due to physical and mental challenges.
Considering the challenges those that are dependent on Medicaid face, it really is kind of cruel and unrealistic to suggest they are taking advantage of the system and should have to work for those benefits.
It is not prudent to slice and dice a program that most of us will have to rely on at some point.
When all is said and done, it is simply those "that have" deciding what the "have-nots" are entitled to receive.
Class warfare.
In case you are not aware of this ... there are more on the low end than on the high end. One should probably give some thought as to how this balance could negatively effect you when you piss the low end off.
What a great news analyst you've turned out to be. I look forward to hearing what you say next.
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