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You'd be wrong. Medicaid is fantastic. No copays (nominally there are, but you can just not pay, which obviously street junkies opt for), no premiums, full serv
by User23 3y ago
You'd be wrong. Medicaid is fantastic. No copays (nominally there are, but you can just not pay, which obviously street junkies opt for), no premiums, full service.
The only drawback is it represents a kind of prisoner's dilemma defection and when a sufficiently high percentage of the population gets a clue and starts reliably defecting the whole system is going to collapse. Not for lack of payment, but simply for lack of beds, doctors, and nurses.
- hotpotamus 3y agoFair enough - I do not live in a state where anyone can get Medicaid and I don’t know how that works in Oregon. Nevertheless I suspect treatment is very expensive and the potential patients are not all that sympathetic such that people are happy to pay for their care. I’m sure we can debate how benign neglect is for these people but it seems to be the path that most people will choose. I don’t think I’m all that different in that regard; I mostly look the other way at these people in my city as well.