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Damn you, Obama, damn you!
/s
Any poor person who voted Republican is a fucking idiot. >

Poverty will do that to you >

You know what would solve this?
Universal healthcare. 
But noooooo. We Americans have a fucking hard on for paying a middleman absolutely fucktons of money to deny us medical procedures and aid when our doctors order it. We let non-medical professionals determine if a health issue that we suffer from is worth spending money on. 
All because Republicans convinced their fucking morons of a base that “death panels” are a thing and somehow, paying a corporation hand over fist is more expensive than paying taxes. Completely ignoring the fact that you could just go to your employer and say “Hey. Those premiums you were paying for me to have bullshit coverage? Yeah pay those to me directly now since my healthcare is covered by my taxes.”
It is so goddamn ridiculous.
Edit: Fixed typo. >

Death panels already exist within insurance companies. Ask any clinician about “prior authorizations”. I frequently have to fight with insurance about the utility of getting a brain MRI or standard of care medication for my patients with brain cancer. >

Best part is that in the Netherlands ( and europe) we have universal healthcare, and we spend less per person then you guys in the USA. 
We pay around  $130 p/month p/p and a deductible ( once p/ year) of around €500,- 
For that we get everything, dentist, physiotherapy , doctor, hospital, ambulance and so on.
And, our life expectancy is better compared to you guys. (But we obviously don't go around shooting each other because we have strict gun laws, this could make a difference /s) >

Rubbing salt in our wounds. We’ve been telling our fellow Americans this for decades but they won’t believe us >

Sorry, but it.is so stupid to keep going with your current system it really makes me wonder how come  that you guys are not able to change such an important thing for the good. >

Believe me, I know how stupid it is. I’m personally in a better position with regards to health care in that my employer provides what passes in the US for good health care benefits, but whenever I see a conservative posting a go fund me campaign in order to pay for necessary health care, r want to bang my head against the wall. I think part of the problem is the size and relative isolation of the US. Only fairly well off Americans can afford to visit other countries and our media is completely American centric, this means it’s much easier for corporate media to spread lies about how much worse it is in countries with universal healthcare. I have had numerous conversations with people who actually believe we have the best healthcare system in the world, and countries with universal health care results in your government trying to kill you in order to save money. It’s absurd but I haven’t been able to convince them otherwise >

Even the concept of " go fund me" for pretty standard health care stuns me every fucking time. 
It is used here also, but it is only used for new,  non approved treatments. So you don't see them often.
In my town ( 28.000 residents) I think 2 in the past decade. >

I had a friend who had an infected tooth and was unemployed at the time so he was faced with a choice of paying his rent and getting the infected tooth taken care of. This went on for months until I couldn’t take it anymore and insisted that he get it taken care and I would pay for it. It cost $250. But the number of Americans who go without necessary care because they don’t have the money is staggering. The biggest tragedy of it is that the US has enough money that it doesn’t need to be like this. >

People have died because they chose the prescription pain reliever that let them keep working over the antibiotics to kill the infection, because they couldn't afford both after paying to see a dentist or doctor. >

People have died because they attempted to stretch out their insulin supply by taking less than the necessary dose because they couldn’t afford the cost. I had a friend with cancer who was going to delay his next chemo treatment because he couldn’t afford it, but because he had cancer was too sick to work to earn the money. The type of cancer he had is very treatable and rarely does anyone die from it if they get appropriate treatment. Fortunately for him someone chipped in to get it for him, but not everyone in that position is fortunate enough to have someone do so. And nobody should be in that position in the first place. And even someone like me who’s in the fortunate position of having good health insurance our system still sucks. I’m really tired of my current job and would like to make a switch. I could easily get a different job with an equivalent salary, but none of the options I’ve been able to find come with anything close to the health coverage I currently have. I realize that compared to people dying from curable diseases, this is a lesser problem, but whate that my healthcare is tied to my employment, so I can’t switch careers and maintain good health care. >

That should read - Millions of Americans live in states where they’ve elected GOP governors who are going to drop them from Medicaid coverage. >

It's not just reliant on the governor. They could be like Wisconsin where, despite having a Democrat in the governor's office, our gerrymandered Republican legislature has refused millions upon millions of federal money for healthcare since 2010 because we like sending our federal tax dollars to other states on principle to show how much our state's GOP disliked Obama or something. They never really did a good job of explaining why we were refusing getting our own tax money back, just that we had to because it was the right thing to do.
We get a chance to change that next year in our Supreme Court election, as that would allow us to finally get off the Republican maps, making it possible for Democrats to actually write laws when they win elections here. It's been well over a decade since that was possible.
Point is it isn't just governors. In some states, even if people vote for people who wouldn't do this, it doesn't matter because of stuff like this:
Old Gerrymandered Maps from Walker era:
2012 Election:

Democrats: 39 seats, 52.83% of the total vote
Republicans: 60 seats, 45.89% of the total vote

2014 Election:

Democrats: 36 seats, 46.6% of the total vote
Republicans: 63 seats, 52.3% of the total vote

2016 Election:

Democrats: 35 seats, 45.45% of the total vote
Republicans: 64 seats, 51.69% of the total vote

2018 Election:

Democrats: 36 seats, 52.99% of the total vote
Republicans: 63 seats, 44.75% of the total vote

2020 Election:

Democrats: 38 seats. 45.29% of the total vote
Republicans: 61 seats, 53.80% of the total vote

New Re-Gerrymandered maps given to us by our Republican Courts picking the Republican maps over fair maps:

Democrats: 35 seats, 51% of the total vote
Republicans: 64 seats, 48% of the total vote >

That sounds corrupt even fraudulent >

The GOP controls the courts here, though they might lose that majority next year. They get to decide what's corrupt and what isn't. >

If it involves a Republican, GOP courts never think there is corruption.   Many are appointed by the most corrupt president this nation has ever known. >

Make sure to thank your republican friends. >

Yeah, those evil republicans…(actually reads article)….making sure that only people who are eligible for Medicaid receive Medicaid. How dare they. >

I don't think you read the article either... >

Isn't it time to give universal health care a chance? >

Its been time... >

Americans think guns are more important for your health than healthcare. >

Healthcare isn’t in the constitution but guns are!
I would put a /s but this is seriously how some on the right think…. >

And the fact that you’re using the phrase “is a right” differently. Republicans don’t expect anyone else to buy their guns for them. >

The US healthcare system is abhorrent.
We need universal healthcare desperately, but the system is rigged to prevent that from happening. This is why I don't understand people who hate Bernie Sanders. The man would have fought tooth and nail to get Medicare for All passed as president, among a thousand other great policies. Even if he had fallen short, he would have gotten something far better than what we have now. Our current leaders won't even fight for a public option. Oh, but he's not a Democrat... and he has three houses... something something chairs... >

I guarantee if Congress proposed "universal healthcare but for white people only" it would have overwhelming bipartisan support, and probably a ton of support from rural/suburban America too. >

US Healthcare is a disgrace- absolutely immoral. >

Republicans hate the right to life. >

Unless you’re a foetus! >

This is why private healthcare is garbage. Why are we all okay paying a middle man and allowing these crooks (private healthcare industry) to dig deeper in our pockets. >

I work for a non profit health insurer in MD, and this is exactly what has been going on for a long time. It's called redetermination, and it is just checking to make sure you are still eligible for coverage under medicaid. People naturally move on and off medicaid depending on their circumstances. I'm personally an advocate for universal Healthcare and think this system is silly, but this isn't much of a story. The article doesn't do a great job of laying this out. >

This should be at the top.
During the public health emergency, no one had to reenroll in medicaid, and so the number of people has being growing since the start of the pandemic, and includes people who otherwise would have no longer needed coverage over the previous 2+ years.
They are just reinstituting what has always been around previously, the redetermination requirement. People who still need Medicaid will either get autorenrolled because they are on WIC or Food Stamps or what not, and the people who otherwise still need it can reenroll.
All being perfect, no one who actually needs medicaid will lose it, just the people who don't need it anymore. Of course there will be people who don't redetermine and should, but that always happened in the past and they can still reenroll later.
The only reason this is a headline is because it hasn't happened in almost 3 years, so the number of people going off medicaid all at once is much higher. >

I wonder how many of them voted Republican. >

How has there not been a collective alternative where a company takes fees from clients and just covers all medical expenses similar to canadian, Scandinavian or european countries governments do with their health care?
Similar to an insurance company, in fee collection, but like (non- US) government in its access. >

Republicans would vote themselves into slavery to own the libs >

The biggest problem with Medicaid is the eligibility rates are way too low for single people to begin with. They want you on the benefit cliff paying thousands into insurance which ends up making people worse off. 
You can only make 17k a year before you get kicked. 
So if you make 18-20k have a 5k deductible and need to use your insurance? You do the math. You're likely to have even less money than if you were able to keep Medicaid if you have health issues + monthly fees. These are not rich people! 20K is not living in luxury! In many HCL areas, it's poverty. 
Medicaid should be raised to include more people, not less. This is gonna cause a lot of pain during times people are struggling worse than ever. >

I once had to intentionally go under the poverty line to get coverage for an expensive medication  ($1300/mo without insurance) that insurance companies refused to cover. I was buying three pills at a time, spending hundreds each transaction, just to stretch my money out. Medicaid was the only group willing to pay for it, so I cut my work to 20 hrs/wk and took the hit to my pay. I didn't even make enough for rent, I had to dip into savings just to survive. I eventually got a job with company-provided insurance and an HR team willing to fight to help me get coverage, which was a major blessing. I'm no longer on the medication, but I'll never forget the desperation of not getting a life-saving medication due to patent fuckery. I will always fight for universal healthcare so no one else has to experience what I went through. >

Man. I work as a marketer in the senior living industry. You all have NO idea how much you'll rely on medicaid when you're old. Like. The fact that folks are going to lose THE ONLY RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO ASSURE A COMFORTABLE END OF DAYS. And the fact that people who don't understand medicaid all voted on it... its. This will be an absolute national emergency. 
The minimum amount for assisted living, in a RURAL community, is about $5,000/mo. Medicaid covers ALL of that if you qualify. 
This will put seniors on the streets or back at home, and they will die there. If you voted for this I hope you're ready to pony up $5k a month, or be ready to hire in home care (about the same depending on levels of care), because caring for a dying loved one is not easy. >

Is Medicaid used in addition to Medicare? >

Yes, basically. Medicaid is different in that it provides for more than just medical services. Everything from hospice care to living assistance. >

Just saying, my mother was a single mother of 2, a great nurse, she had a great job and we were never left for wanting. One day she got vertigo and lost her license, not even 50 years old. I was the oldest at 14. That was the last year I experienced a house full of presents on Christmas. Which I’m fine with, because if it wasn’t for social programs like Medicaid, we would have lost the house, had to move, who knows if I stay in school or drop out to help with the finances. 
These programs aren’t crutches for the vast majority of people who use them, and without them, you grow a number of people and future generations who then do need them. We were able to go to college and get good jobs to then contribute back into society. You can fax me 50% if it means our society is becoming better and we lifting the floor >

Geography as an arbiter of who can have mere partial coverage for necessary health care and equitable access to necessary health care is the same, inherently
SHIT ARBITER
it always was. >

Democrats need better messaging on this. Im particularly curious on what % of GOP voters receive Medicaid, Social Security, or Medicare and what the average benefits are because both are probably higher than most think.
"Did you vote GOP? If so, you may be in the 75% who will be on the hook for an extra $40k a year when they kill your critical social services." Full stop. >

Millions of American's vote for this kind of thing. >

Millions of Americans have shit for brains and think that bashing on the rights of women, gay and Trans Americans is more important than keeping medical coverage for themselves or their parents.
The Fifth Column is suppressed by tech giants. 
People will just continue to die. That's the pro-life policy that Jesus would have wanted... >

Nearly 2023 and people are once again being deprived of Medicaid. My wish for those responsible for next year? Fall upon really hard times so you know how it feels to be robbed of certain things... >

Red states are coasting on this public health measure.  They need to lose it and either explain it to their constituents (gas-light them) or vote to expand Medicaid in their states like they should have a decade ago. >

I just got kicked off Medicaid and had to buy private insurance. And I’m in California!! >

Way to go, Boomers!  Get screwed by your own votes.  May the leopard eat your face. >

Ahhh America. The place where anything and everything must be argued about for multiples of decades before any real change happens. You could spend a lifetime of watching this clown show. >

I don’t understand why the GOPs main goal is to just constantly fuck Americans…like these senators and members of congress go out of their way to make life more difficult for the working poor and middle class, yet those same people continuously vote for them >

Why is congress votes “ Medicare for all” yet they get top of the line treatment for life >

And yet here we are, surrounded by incredibly stupid, selfish, downright moronic neighbors who continue to vote for tax breaks for the rich and for corporations, instead of Universal Healthcare like almost every godamn country on earth reaps the benefits of.  It is exhausting having to share an existence with my fellow Americans.  I bid you all a most unhappy New Year.  Seriously.  Get fucked. >

And the same people who continue to vote against their own interests by supporting politicians that don't have their best interest in mind are the ones complaining about how they're not satisfied with where the country is heading. >

All the bill says is that states will be allowed to reevaluate who can stay on Medicaid. It doesn't force states to kick anyone off afaik. >

You're right, and these people normally wouldn't be allowed on Medicaid in the first place based on their current day income/job situation. The only they are on Medicaid today is because they qualified at some point during COVID due to a loss of income or their job and there was a moratorium on removing people. >

Thanks GOP >

There should be basic medicare (including dental and other essential health services) for all with an option for private insurance for elective medical procedures like body sculpting. Caps on essential drug prices should be in place too for items like epi pens and anti-overdose medicines. It can and should be done. >

Just a normal day in the good 'ol US of A. Nothing to see here folks.
The people (politicians) that have free healthcare in the US that's paid for by taxpayers are the same people blocking universal healthcare for all Americans. And they wonder most politicians are despised in this fucking country. >

Every second comment asked to vote for the Democrats. You can't get universal health-care throw voting. Never happens anywhere in the world.
You have to organise outside the parliaments with unions and neighbourhood-committees to get the power to stop everything. There is no other strategy. Such a naive discussion. >

Your take is way more naive than voting for politicians who support it. Most countries have gotten universal healthcare through the government and voting. >

Not through just voting is what they mean. >

Did anyone here bother to read the article? >

Yes people who have health insurance will likely lose it. Some bc of arbitrary income caps, some bc they moved, some bc states make it a giant pain in the ass to fill out all the paperwork. This will cause millions to no longer be able to afford healthcare, which is generally considered a bad thing. And the reason why them potentially qualifying for the ACA isn’t the answer is bc health insurance =/= health care. Every barrier, from language to change in residency to needing insurance approval, makes health outcomes worse. >

This reads like a really unfortunate turn of events until you realize that it's Republicans doing what they were elected to do. Just more federal welfare states' misappropriation of tax dollars. >

This is bull, medical has stopped discontinuing people for most reasons (besides like death). When they declare covid no longer a public emergency a LOT of people will discontinue their medi-cal benefits that they’re NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO. Get the fuck out of here with this horrible title and comments.