Of all the federal programs discussed in last week’s presidential debate, an important one got short shrift: Medicaid. And it’s more pressing than many other health care issues, because so many elderly people rely on it as virtually their only source of funds for long-term care.
There are stark differences in how the two candidates would approach Medicaid, the federal health program for the poor that also covers 60 percent of the Americans living in nursing homes. Mitt Romney aims at much larger savings, but would sharply reduce the number of people with health coverage. The Obama administration, which is already expanding Medicaid to cover millions of new recipients under Obamacare, wouldn’t endanger anyone’s coverage. But neither would the administration’s plan lead to much reduction in projected spending.
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If you were born before 1961, listen up, this message is for you!! Respect and dignity for the elderly; brought to you by today's Republican party,
Who cares? We are now at the point where the nation is split almost 50-50 between we must act in a civilized fashion towards each other and those who say, go to the emergency room, die do something besides bother me. Oddly sending them to the ER costs more, but hey I'm not being taxed. Somewhere along the line parents, the educational system or the nation itself forget to teach its children societal morality, ethics, just plain common decency. Perhaps we should just let the Aiken's, the West's, the Ryan's have there way. Maybe the public needs a lesson.
Notice I didn't say Mitt. Frankly I don't think Mitt believes in any of this stuff, but he wants to be Pres. so bad he'll sell his soul to the highest bidder. I don't think he'll win, but maybe he should. Maybe America deserves the pain of the crazies beneath him getting their way.
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