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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 06:32 PM Feb 2018

Medicaid Waivers & Changes Really A Death Sentence For Many.

When you get into the details of the cruel Medicaid changes you have to wonder what the F the GOP wants. It would mean the end of dialysis for some. It would mean the end of cancer treatment right in the middle of it. People on diabetes drugs would lose their medication or insulin unless they could find another source. Plus drug testing will probably be included.

It would mean that grandma in a nursing home would have to come home. Or she would be left at the bus station. Or maybe the most able bodied from nursing homes would have to do community service.

When it comes down to the details think of all the scenarios. All of them are mind boggling and really inhumane.

Plus you still have to hire someone to monitor the program. You still have to have someone to place recipients in assignments. Or you have to have someone monitor a work search. There has to be a placement and administration arm to run the work program. That cost will likely exceed the savings.


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