A better question would have been, “What’s the difference between people on Medicaid (not Medicare) and people who used to be on Medicaid but are now on subsidized Obamacare?”
“What’s the difference between people on Medicaid (not Medicare) and people who used to be on Medicaid but are now on subsidized Obamacare?”
Taxpayers are paying more. Something I wasn’t aware of. One of my doctor clients had a call from patient this week who needed his benefits checked so he could schedule an appointment. He currently is seeing four doctors and a physical therapist, having had shoulder surgery on January 2.
He has insurance through an Aetna plan fully funded by tax dollars. His deductible and co-pays are paid by a group called Legacy which is actually attached to a local clinic and has a Federal grant to cover the payments. I would suspect that their grant also covers their office rent, staff salaries and all their benefits, among other things. This particular guy says he has a “team” of eight people who handle coordination of his care through Legacy.
This particular guy worked for Comcast in 2014, is in the U.S. on a green card, says he has no current job but does have food stamps, government paid housing and access to grant money to cover his utility bills, cell phone and Metro transportation.
Don’t know if we really want to know what all of this is really costing us.