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The main thrust of the article appears to be that it's Republicans killing these people by opposing Medicaid Expansion. What is the policy position that explai
by ZeroGravitas 3y ago
The main thrust of the article appears to be that it's Republicans killing these people by opposing Medicaid Expansion.
What is the policy position that explains this decision?
- silverquiet 3y agoThink about putting people into a spreadsheet (and remember that you probably exist in a few yourself, starting with an employer). Presumably your life has some value in expected economic output, and some cost associated with providing medical care. If the second number is greater than the first, then what is society to do? I say this as someone who lives with some physical disability (who fortunately at least has a bit of enough wits to do non-physical work) - it's a rather uncaring country for those with medical needs; particularly those parts of the country governed by the right (I live in South Texas, but not the rural part).
- supertrope 3y agoEven a 1 person = 1 spreadsheet cell analysis takes into account that economic output can vary with human capital investment. Low income countries struggle to break out of poverty traps by draining swamps, vaccinating, and offering universal public education. You can't work productively if you've got malaria or can't read. Otto Von Bismarck instituted sickness funds to deflate support for socialism.
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- readthenotes1 3y agoTANSTAAFL. E.G., https://thefga.org/research/medicaid-expansion-is-closing-hospitals/ https://thefga.org/research/medicaid-expansion-is-closing-ho...