“If we give the billionaires everything they want then they will have to give us something back in exchange and we will be wealthy too!”
This is a quote from a coworker who isn’t even 30 yet with 5 kids.
Your coworker is tragically stupid and has passed on the stupid gene to five innocent humans.
Yes very much so. He is also a Mormon, a 2nd generation Mexican immigrant, and very locked in with Fox News.
I’m sorry you have to deal with such a person. Hang in there, comrade.
Thanks and it’s not just this guy it’s everyone I work with that’s is this way. My best solution is to just ignore everyone I listen to there rambling and laugh to myself.
Never let this guy negotiate anything. How does he get through life with that attitude?
I wonder that myself too.
Seeing the wealthy guy in the hospital bed kind of makes it look like they need it though. In reality, the ultra-wealthy and giant corporations are doing better than ever. That’s why this is so dangerous and they have to be resisted and regulated. Their greed is endless and threatens our entire civilization. It will literally never be enough…
It’s time for revolution.
That cadaver is also worth about $500,000 in human body parts that can be bought and sold in the medical organ harvesting industry.
It’s the least we can do for America’s Job Creators. After all, they gave us the Gig Economy, so we can work just as hard as God will allow, and become billionaires ourselves!
And yes, it was snark.
Low income families that get booted from Medicaid will get nearly the same coverage from Obamacare.
Examples:
Family of 4. Male, age 30. Female, age 30. Male, age 10. Female, age 10. Saline County, Kansas. Annual household income $32,500 (just over the poverty level). The cost of health insurance is zero and the maximum out of pocket for the entire family for the full year is $4k. Click here for a screenshot.
Second scenario, same information, except the household income is $40,000 (just below 125% of poverty). Click here for a screenshot. You may notice the rates are the same!
Third scenario, same information, except the household income is $48,000 (just below 150% of poverty). Click here for a screenshot. Still very affordable!
Yeah, no. Private insurance is NOT comparable to Medicade. Even if the patient isn’t paying for it, the government is. Private insurance companies under Obama care get to make 25% profit, where Medicare doesn’t profit. Even if you assume equal levels of care, it’s still going to cost the country 25% more because the private insurance companies have to turn profit. If you’re trying to reduce the costs, that means denying care, and you’ll end up looking like UHC.
People on Medicaid are more likely to utilize emergency room services because they have access to fewer providers and have zero incentive to try lower cost services first. It is very reasonable that giving some of these people access to private insurance at very low or no cost will result in significant savings, even after insurer profits since they will be more likely to start with a doctor office visit or urgent care instead of emergency rooms. This should also free ER resources for more urgent medical cases.
Of course there would be a ghoul defending this evil shit. Fuck off out of here.
Let’s say I speak out of experience. My income sat right on the line and found out that we had a lot better healthcare options with private insurance because so few medical offices wanted to take Medicaid. Those that did were much lower in quality. If I moved to a state that expanded Medicaid, I’d be thrown back into it, and I don’t want that to happen. I’m sincerely better off with something else. That’s why I know so much about Medicaid vs. Obamacare for families that are above poverty but not wealthy.
Be so for real rn
