[Lorianne]

Medicaid used to be available for only a very small segment of the population. Just being indigent was not enough. You had to also be pregnant or have young children, or be blind and a few other disabilities to get on Medicaid. It varied by State but basically it was for a very small segment of the population.

Obamacare drastically relaxed the eligibility requirements ... basically to anyone who had no/low income.

[Olog-hai]

Those requirements show the Marxist nature of Medicaid at its beginnings. Pregnancy as a requirement is exemplary of Marxian “abolition of the family”. No government involvement in such matters should have ever ensued; private charity used to take care of that, and far more effectively.

[redcatcherb412]

Medicaid used to be available for only a very small segment of the population.
So far Medicaid keeps my 19 yr old grandaughter alive. She has been a type 1 diabetic since age 9 and just her insulin would cost $1,200.00 a month not even counting the testing supplies, syringes etc. She works hard as a CNA but only has take home of about $1,300.00 a month. Diabetes is not considered a disability, but is a condition that can kill you in hours without continous treatment. It would take every penny of take home pay working full time at 10.50 an hour. Nothing left to live on or eat. So what's the answer ? Force employers to pay her more ?