Not just abled-bodied people, able-bodied multimillionaire retirees in some cases who are able to minimize their MAGI and qualify for MCaid in the states w/expansion.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re not doing anything illegal, it’s just an interesting twist of the system. People who could literally afford to pay out of pocket or even afford the O’Care deductibles get free care.
I, for one, am not happy.
Most of the scammers simply refuse to re apply and drop out .
Scrutiny of the rest of the recipients allows denial to the able bodied scammers and and the ability more adequately fund the truly needy.
I know a profoundly handicapped cerebral palsy victim who can't even move with out help from aides who has been cut back and all but frozen out of the system due to perfectly healthy , able bodied scammers stealing all the funds.
One Man’s Safety Net is another Man’s Hammock.
WHY is there even the call to ‘fix’ that which should not exist in the FIRST place?
‘Safety net’...PFfft.
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/eligibility/estate-recovery/index.html
State Medicaid programs must recover certain Medicaid benefits paid on behalf of a Medicaid enrollee. For individuals age 55 or older, states are required to seek recovery of payments from the individual’s estate for nursing facility services, home and community-based services, and related hospital and prescription drug services. States have the option to recover payments for all other Medicaid services provided to these individuals, except Medicare cost-sharing paid on behalf of Medicare Savings Program beneficiaries.
Under certain conditions, money remaining in a trust after a Medicaid enrollee has passed away may be used to reimburse Medicaid. States may not recover from the estate of a deceased Medicaid enrollee who is survived by a spouse, child under age 21, or blind or disabled child of any age. States are also required to establish procedures for waiving estate recovery when recovery would cause an undue hardship.
States may impose liens for Medicaid benefits incorrectly paid pursuant to a court judgment. States may also impose liens on real property during the lifetime of a Medicaid enrollee who is permanently institutionalized, except when one of the following individuals resides in the home: the spouse, child under age 21, blind or disabled child of any age, or sibling who has an equity interest in the home. The states must remove the lien when the Medicaid enrollee is discharged from the facility and returns home.
That’s what it was INTENDED TO DO.
Socialized Medicine via the bologna slice method.
USA slipping slowly slipping into Democratic party totalitarian communism. Like a frog in a pot of water with heat slowly rising.
How do husbandless mothers, fatherless children, ‘starving’ college students that could instead be working and illegal aliens fit into this problem?
Looking at the number of Medicaid and depending on the state, from 61% to 64% of people on Medicaid are aged 0-18 and are not adults from the Medicaid definition of adult.
From 26% to 28% are adults aged 19 to 64.
From 9% to 11% are age 65+.
What should be looked at is where the money goes. For the 60%+ who are children, the #1 expense is psycho drugs to prevent boys from acting like boys.
For adults 19 to 64 the #1 cost is addiction, addiction to alcohol, tobacco, opioids, and other legal and illegal drugs, including the related diseases associated with addiction such as liver and kidney problems, AIDS and HIV, STDs spread by those who are promiscuous while high, etc.
How much should we coddle addicts? That is the question to ask. And why do we have so many addicts? Is there a cause and effect between teaching school kids in school that drugs are the solution AND the use of drugs when those kids are adults?
“both federal and state policymakers have lost sight of Medicaid’s core purpose and turned the program into a catch-all, open-ended welfare program for non-disabled adults.”
Nicholas, old boy, that was the plan all along.
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