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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most likely Medicaid. I have a child with special needs so I'm somewhat familiar with Medicaid (we don't have it) - a lot of children with costly medical needs are on Medicaid, based on the child's income alone. [/quote]

OK. So $10 million per child, and for example in Brazil we know they have thousands of microcephaly Zika cases. So that would mean increasing the Medicaid budget by $20 billion, give or take? Raise taxes, I guess. [/quote]

Instead of raising taxes to cover medical costs, I'd rather pay for an informational campaign discouraging travel to countries with Zika. If you're three months pregnant, cancel your trip to Rio and tell you cousin you're very sorry but you won't be attending her wedding in Puerto Rico. There are ways to avoid this.

[b]We can also test and quarantine people the way we do for TB. I'm all for that.[/b] If you're dumb enough to go to Rio pregnant, sorry. You have to have a blood test upon return. [/quote]

But we ARE NOT doing that. Refugees with active TB have been found in almost every state. Do you really think Zika will be screened for?

Are you in favor of a ban travel for those countries affected by Zika? How about from Florida?[/quote]

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