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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably.  It’s hard to imagine that they will cut services for children— who really can’t go to work to prove their value, at least as things stand now; implement work requirements for most adults; yet maintain nursing home payments for seniors as part of Medicaid.  I assume these people, um, have a plan for that, since many seniors not in nursing homes are being cared for by family members — who have to leave their jobs and their employer provided health plans, to go on Medicaid in order to provide eldercare.  All of this is so the wealthy can have tax breaks — financed by cutting health care for kids, the elderly,and those who care for them.

So many adults who are on Medicaid are either providing childcare, eldercare, or both, or have lower paying jobs where their limited pay and often limited hours qualify them for Medicaid, SNAP, and other benefits, while the companies like Walmart that employ them get tax breaks funded by working people.

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Elder care is a paid job, even if provided by a family member for eligible seniors. I would think this should count for job hours minimum qualification.   Childcare?  It’s confusing, because technically single moms would have to work unless they are supported by ex-husband or parents , and SAHMs would be assumed to get healthcare through their husbands.  I think we likely don’t know what it takes to qualify for Medicaid now and it’s difficult to imagine what happens later[/quote]

Wrong, caring for family members doesn’t count as work. There are currently rare instances in some states where family members can apply to be carers to a very low income parent -but it’s a Medicaid funded program and will disappear. 
What we have, it works. Taking it away will not work. This isn’t the answer. [/quote]

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