1. Care of the elderly and disabled in the US is currently far from Capitalism. Talk of “letting the free market fix it” means changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and to Regulation far bigger than tweaking immigration and ending TPS.
2. If FReepers support ending TPS, then they had better put top priority on alternatives such as increasing take home pay of the working poor, not penalizing the working poor for working, and not rewarding the lazy for gaming the system to draw welfare.
The problem with elderly health care isn’t the lazy gaming the system. The problem is that elderly health care is often more expensive than it would be to put grandma on a cruise ship. Meanwhile, the workers in these industries, because of cheap non-citizen labor, workers get near slave labor. Pharmaceutical companies reap in obscene profits keeping grandma permanently stoned. The problem is the fascist state.
In response to your post 59:
Good comments.
1 - As long as there is government money involved in any segment of the economy there is no pure capitalism and free market.
The money distorts the market and market forces are overrun.
Just look how government money and government loan guarantees have damaged higher education.
2 - As long as there is a good supply of illegals willing to work for low wages there is little pressure to pay more.
And the government has seen to it that there is a good supply through intentional lax enforcement of immigration law.
Nice threat.
Go pound sand.
“1. Care of the elderly and disabled in the US is currently far from Capitalism. Talk of “letting the free market fix it” means changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and to Regulation far bigger than tweaking immigration and ending TPS.”
“2. If FReepers support ending TPS, then they had better put top priority on alternatives such as increasing take home pay of the working poor, not penalizing the working poor for working, and not rewarding the lazy for gaming the system to draw welfare.”
I agree. It’s such a large order, that IMHO, anything short of a 2nd revolution will fail to restore Rule of Law and serve only to prolong the collapse.
Govt fixes always end up going badly
Markets always drive pay
Get the cheats out of home care....you know the ones who expect the taxpayer to fund their relatives largess
I believe Medicare and Medicaid should be abolished, along with every other social welfare program.
"Caring facilities" directors are traditionally given bonuses based on keeping costs down. The most common correlation with elder abuse in care facilities is ‘short staffing’. That's the major conflict.
When employees call in ‘sick’ the director has a choice of calling in ‘pool help’ at three times the normal hourly rate - OR doubling up on workers present. The 'saving money' choice is incentivized - abuse happens. Good people are uncomfortable in that environment and leave. People who don't care are left. The director's ‘rewarded’ with a bonus for keeping costs down.
The solution is random variable inspection replacing annual inspection - AND inspections tied to financial incentives. Medicare and Medicaid should PAY Less per patient when 6 random items checked are deficient.
The advantage is the Care facility MAKES MORE PROFIT if they make ethical choices. So the facility polices themselves and abuse drops, turnover drops and dependent people receive better care.