Reply to Let Lower Income "Pay Their Fair Share"!

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Let Lower Income "Pay Their Fair Share"!"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a big part of the problem is the inequity of the whole thing. Liberals have the whole "inequality thing" as one if their mantras, but now we have an upside-down equity. The poor and lower-class get free care for even the most expensive treatments when they need it, and the middle class have to scrimp and save and often go without the treatments they need. So the poor are now given better medical care than the middle class can afford to pay for. Why aren't the liberals screaming about that inequity, rather than racing to its defense?[/quote]

But they really aren't getting free care. They get subsidized care. And most have disabilities or are medically vulnerable. [/quote]
Most don't have disabilities. They just earn less than $47k. Besides that, a LOT are oaying nothing. Most of the new enrollees on Obamacare were because of the Medicaid expansion, and their care is completely free. There's a lot of abuse in the system because of that, with the "free" patients showing up at doctors offices with every little sniffle and cold. A modest fee would make them think twice before taking uo valuable doctor time, just like the middle class has to do when deciding whether to go out-of-pocket by $200 or more for a doctor's visit.

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2015/10/2014-health-insurance-enrollment-increase-due-almost-entirely-to-medicaid-expansion[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics