It has been true in every state I’ve lived in and Arkansas is the absolute worst as far as other types of benefits. Add to that the fact that no child is going to be turned away from a hospital ER if they are in need of care....not that I support that approach to health care. It’s just that this whole notion of it being “for the children” is a lie. Even when parents can’t get access to care no matter how great the need, the children still can.
Welcome to socialized medicine except add in there the adults too. Go to the ER and expect to wait, oh, 10 hours. Our doctors and nurses are excellent, I can’t say enough about them. They can only stretch so far. This is what you are looking at.
I found a way to get around this tho. If I have anything really wrong or a family member, I call the ambulance. So, I have to pay $84.00. At least you are whisked right into the emerg. Sometimes you wait in line on stretches but you have by-passed the throngs outside. AND, if there really is something like, heart, kidney, liver, brain, anything really serious, then call the “specialist” on call and you have it made right there. You have to be crafty to get around this. CO
Never let it be said that democrats have ever met a child they wouldn't exploit.