I'm a Democrat, but it upsets me...
Feb. 23rd, 2009 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nico1908... that President Obama just pledged $15 billion to Medicaid programs.
What about those of us who do not have and/or cannot afford health insurance but aren't poor enough to qualify for Medicaid? Don't get me wrong - I'm all for helping the poor, but they already have basic medical care at no cost to them, while the rest of us have to pay extra to cover the losses from the uninsured.
I think those billions would be better spent to finally get a nationwide health insurance program started.
*end of rant*
What about those of us who do not have and/or cannot afford health insurance but aren't poor enough to qualify for Medicaid? Don't get me wrong - I'm all for helping the poor, but they already have basic medical care at no cost to them, while the rest of us have to pay extra to cover the losses from the uninsured.
I think those billions would be better spent to finally get a nationwide health insurance program started.
*end of rant*
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Date: 2009-02-24 04:44 pm (UTC)I see it the other way around: create a national health insurance program and Medicaid and Medicare will be much better off because everybody will pay into the system.
Such programs exist in other countries. It could be worth looking at them. - But of course the US are no exception to the fact that everybody always has to reinvent the wheel.