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Have you looked at Medicaid eligibility requirements? It is a common misunderstanding that if you’re poor you get Medicaid. Eg. In Florida no matter how poor y
by erentz 7y ago
Have you looked at Medicaid eligibility requirements?
It is a common misunderstanding that if you’re poor you get Medicaid. Eg. In Florida no matter how poor your are you don’t qualify unless you’re disabled, have children, or are pregnant. In other states there are hard income limits which are incredibly low, and earns a dollar more, you don’t qualify. You go from having free Medicaid to needing to pay $1000 per month in premiums which obviously you still can’t afford.
Edit: actually looks like it’s the same thing in Texas, if you’re poor you don’t qualify. You have to have kids or be disabled. These are all the states that refused the federal funding for Medicaid expansion I guess.
- _bxg1 7y agoInteresting; I wonder if the kids thing is why I always hear from conservatives that medicaid is all we need in this area. "It's your fault for not wanting to start a family like a normal American."
- adventured 7y ago> Eg. In Florida no matter how poor your are you don’t qualify unless you’re disabled, have children, or are pregnant. There are 4.4 million people on Medicaid in Florida. That's about 21% of the population, which matches up with the national Medicaid figure of 22% of the US population.
- chessturk 7y agoHow does that relate? Grass is often green. So are leaves.
- sjg007 7y agoThis is why we should allow medicaid buy in.
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