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Originally Posted by Guest
Evidently you don't understand how one can qualify for Medicaid. First, you have to demonstrate that you are destitute, so if you earn more than $12,000 per year, you will NOT qualify. If you do qualify, you have to spend all of your assets to no more value than $2,000. Now, if you qualify you are put on a waiting list that could last up to 9 months. So, your safety net is really hard to use.
Not all couples have health insurance, even though the AHA has made it more available than ever before. Pregnancies are also not always planned (of course you know that but your remarks show a certain ignorance of reality) and last of all, the remark was targeted at the Trumpcare proposal that would preclude most pre existing medical conditions from being covered.
You really come across as being a quite heartless person
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Neither do you...
"Eligibility
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that, together with the Children’s Health Insurance Program,
provides health coverage to over 72.5 million Americans, including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Medicaid is the single largest source of health coverage in the United States.
In order to participate in Medicaid, federal law requires states to cover certain groups of individuals.
Low income families, qualified pregnant women and children, and individuals receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are examples of mandatory eligibility groups. States have additional options for coverage and may choose to cover other groups, such as individuals receiving home and community based services and children in foster care who are not otherwise eligible."
"Effective Date of Coverage
Once an individual is determined eligible for Medicaid, coverage is effective either on the date of application or the first day of the month of application.
Benefits may also be covered retroactively for up to 3 months prior to the month of application, if the individual would have been eligible during that period had he or she applied. Coverage generally stops at the end of the month in which a person no longer meets the requirements for eligibility."
"Spousal Impoverishment: Protects the spouse of a Medicaid applicant or beneficiary who needs coverage for long-term services and supports (LTSS), in either an institution or a home or other community-based setting, from becoming impoverished in order for the spouse in need of LTSS to attain Medicaid coverage for such services."
Almost 1/3 the countries population is on Medicaid! MOSTLY minorities. Tell me again how beneficial they are...