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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
As a retired banker, I'd frame the choice as follows... Adopt the Medicaid provisions contained in the Affordable Healhcare Act and either modify provisions of the state program to reduce costs or raise taxes to pay for the program, or both.
OR...
Permit the state Medicaid program to expire or be so constrained in size that millions of Floridians would lose any healthcare insurance and be forced to use emergency rooms for their sole source of care. That option would not be free to Floridians, of course. Insurance companies will increase the premiums for those who are insured to pay for the newly uninsured former Medicaid patients. In essence, that's a hidden tax on those who can afford to pay .A decision not to insure millions of indigent Floridians, mostly elderly, is not only inhumane in my opinion, but also far more costly in the long run, and certainly erodes the quality and length of life for millions of people. Then there's that "hidden tax", wherein those with insurance will wind up paying for care provided to the uninsured.
To answer your question, yes I think the governor should adopt the Medicare provisions of ACA, even though taxes would have to be increased to pay for it. Certainly the fundamental health of Florida citizens is a more important priority than many of the other expenditures at the state level. |
OR
Repeal this monstrosity of a law, which will financially bring this country to its knees in a few short years when the bill comes do. Allow the states to manage health care at their level as in MA and MD.
We are going to have so many Wisconsin's if this stays....The cost, if anyone has even taken the time to check instead of playing the political game) is so prohibitive as to be crazy. This should never have gotten this far...and you folks who want to play politics ought to think about COSTS to do all of this.
The politics of it, as taught to us by Obama, is by hook or crook get this stuff done...health care bill, take the work rule out of welfare, etc and then when someone wants to right that ship, you call them insensitive or inhumane as a matter of fact. This country cannot afford this...not sure how old you folks are but if you are young enough to be around when the bill comes in, you will rue the day. States cannot afford this, and lest you think that it is only Republicans, think again and do some research. This is a cost that will bring most states to their knees and services will be cut to such a degree......always nice to do things,BUT you have to pay for them.
This never should have happened and Obama who had to ...well, we all know what he did to get this passed, even though he had complete control of both house and senate...he is the one to blame.