“Medicaid is a government health insurance program aimed at helping the poor and disabled.”
No, it’s a government racketeering scheme that steals people’s money without their consent under the guise of helping them pay their medical bills. The problem is that the people paying into it have no real say in when they get to use it.
Its progressive. Those who can’t pay... they get covered.
I’ve made the point often just by expanding Medicaid, we could have fixed the uninsured crisis in this country without inconveniencing the 95% that was always insured.
And such an expansion would have had bipartisan support. But the Democrats decided what the rest of America had wasn’t good enough and they took a giant wrecking ball to it.
The funny thing about Medicaid is enrolling in it requires no hassle, no navigating through confusing websites, comparing plan levels, options and prices and no extensive paperwork to fill out or premiums to pay. And enrollment is open year around.
Its everything Obamacare should have been but wasn’t.
I think there is room for improvement on both points.
My definition:
Mediacaid is a government program that takes tax money from the producers in this country, who have no say in the matter, and gives it away to the medical community in the various states to serve those supposed poor, disabled, and elderly who ostensibly cannot pay for their health care.
Definitions provided by others:
InvestorWords
A program, funded by the federal and state governments, which pays for medical care for those who can’t afford it. The program typically helps low-income individuals or families, as well as elderly or disabled individuals. To receive Medicaid, an individual must meet certain requirements (such as income level), and also must go through an application process. Although all states participate in the Medicaid program, each state manages their own program, and is able to set different requirements and other guidelines.
Investopedia:
DEFINITION OF ‘MEDICAID’
A joint federal and state program that helps low-income individuals or families pay for the costs associated with long-term medical and custodial care, provided they qualify. Although largely funded by the federal government, Medicaid is run by the state where coverage may vary.
Dictionary.com:
a U.S. government program, financed by federal, state, and local funds, of hospitalization and medical insurance for persons of all ages within certain income limits.
The bottom line of course is Government at the Federal level has no mandate in the Constitution to take from the haves to give to the assumed have nots other than some democrat congressman’s desire to have everyone feeling good about themselves having helped the poor, not out of altruism, but through outright theft by government.