I am not sure I am clear on your argument. I take it that those on Medicaid have to keep income and asset levels low in order to have the government foot their healthcare bills? That becomes in a sense one of those perverse incentives to keep people poor and from improving their situations.
But somehow those with high costs who are not already on Medicaid should have the government pay their healthcare bills without requiring such an asset pay down?
Why is that just?
Those on Medicare have already pre-paid that tax. We still pay income taxes short form now even on SS/Medicare/Tricare Life, Navy Pension.
I agree with you with adults on Medicaid. A sliding scale for income on ins and co-pays could be considered. So the poor at least pick up part of their care.
Which is why a high risk ins pool is needed. Some Chronically ill patients can never work, thus DSSI or Medicaid picks up the tab. Unless you are as rich as Bill Gates. Working poor are another batch. Lack of education, skills, add in chronic health issues many of them caused by doctors, or life styles, where do they turn, Medicaid/DSSI as it takes both. They paid some into Medicare, but not enough. When a 3 yr old becomes that chronically ill person with MD the cause, and ends up first a wheel chair then bedridden on a breathing machine they will never work.
Then you have to factor in hospitals jack up the prices big time Saline IV is a $10 to produce product factoring in materials and labor, why is it costing 300% more? Docs get kick backs for scripting new drugs, instead of the older ones, not that the new work better, they haven’t enough research or history to prove they are that effective or better than an older proven drug. Tons of factors no one considers, Big Pharma needs to be broke up with the Sherman Act, stop the incestuous relationship between them and Congress members, most of their lobbyist are former congress people, and the FDA needs a serious revamp.
Medicare alone has a $60 BILLION YEARLY WASTE AND FRAUD ISSUE. Same goes for VA and Medicaid. Not to mention the Illegals and Refugees being put on it, that they don’t or didn’t earn the right to.
This Opioid Crisis is a LSM and researcher’s Manufactured crisis. Heroin laced with Fenyatal stolen or cooked like Meth is the biggest cause.
Hubby’s 3 day stay in the ER for angina attack, a few years ago because the small hospital had no bed for him was $55K ER rates not a room rate. Couple of Nitro paste, a whole aspirin a day, EKG which the leads where left on and hooked to a monitor, IV’s, meals, and a walking stress test is all he had, besides the Heart Doc who was called in who billed separate. That is far higher than it should have been. I hate to think what this new partial knee is going to be. Bills for it have not come in yet.