No, just a taxpayer. Especially in NYS. Medicaid cost sharing is bankrupting some of our counties.
Remember Sen Nelson from Nebraska? Tried to broker a deal solely for his state (IIRC) that severely lessened that PPACA-Medicaid bite for each state’s cost-sharing with the Federal Government.
It was KNOWN back in 2009 that the uninsured would be shifted to Medicaid, and half of that cost would be carried by the individual states.
And states. TN has had TennCare for over a decade, it has nearly bankrupted the state several times and has been downsized that many times to stop the hemorrhaging. Memphis is the largest user, has 1 public hospital. Which is always begging for funds.
The ER is a doc office for illegals. The Elvis Presley Trauma Center services the 3 state counties around us, getting their welfare money is hard. Same goes for the NIC U. They are top draw, while the hospital is a cesspool of germs and diseases you pick up in third world countries.