Posted on 10/27/2019 11:51:39 AM PDT by spintreebob
Before 2017, the national uninsured rate for children declined for nearly 10 years; however, the share of uninsured children suddenly increased that year (the most recent year available). In Georgia, the number of children without health insurance increased by 21,000. There are many reasons that progress to covering more children has stalled, including cuts to outreach efforts that help ensure that families enroll their children in Medicaid or PeachCare (Georgia’s version of the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP), a lack of funding for marketplace subsidies, changing federal rules governing the marketplace or immigrant parents choosing not to enroll their children in Medicaid or PeachCare due to a fear that it might jeopardize a relative’s immigration status.
Another reason is that Georgia children and pregnant women who are lawful permanent residents (LPRs or “green card” holders) typically must wait five years after they gain this status to be eligible for Medicaid or PeachCare. As the state explores options to reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality, Georgia should remove the waiting period to provide health insurance to more children while also increasing access to prenatal care and other critical services for pregnant women in the state. In adopting this option, Georgia would join 24 states that have removed the five-year waiting period for both LPR children and LPR pregnant women, including Southern states like Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The five-year waiting period for LPRs was enacted as part of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which placed limitations on funding health coverage for immigrants. When the CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2009 was signed into law on February 4, 2009, it included several policies to get more children enrolled in health care coverage.
For example, states can eliminate the waiting period for children and pregnant women who are LPRs and meet Medicaid and CHIP eligibility requirements. Georgia’s Medicaid agency can take this option by submitting a state plan amendment to the federal government for both Medicaid and PeachCare. Doing so would help more of Georgia’s vulnerable children and families access healthcare and decrease the rising number of uninsured children. Most of the expense would not be borne by the state. The federal government covers 67 percent of Medicaid costs and 89 percent of PeachCare costs. Eliminating Waiting Period Helps Children and Pregnant Women Access Necessary Care Many LPRs who have held a green card for less than five years would be able to access care under this option.In the five-year period from 2012 to 2017, 156,046 Georgi In a residents gained lawful permanent resident status.
This includes 29,759 children under age 18 and 53,723 women between age 18 and 54, the closest range available for childbearing age. Many of these LPR children and pregnant women who meet the income requirements for Medicaid and PeachCare would receive access to care if the waiting period were eliminated. For example, children up to the age of 21 and LPR pregnant women could enroll in Medicaid, and children up to age 19 could receive PeachCare, giving these potential enrollees access to critical care.
Fact: There is no correlation between Health (absence of illness) and Insurance (mis-labeled Healthcare). There certainly is no causation. Are Those who are paid to be in the "concern industry" are concerned that a group is proving them wrong on their basic premise?
Who cares? We’re supposed to take care of the rest of the world? Yeah, sure.
The left want us to put a huge sign on the border that says “Anyone that wants free health care- come here- we’ll go broke treating you since your own country won’t. Just come here, get treated to the tune of 10’s of 1000’s of dollars, and then stay- don’t worry about the cost- it’s free”
“Access” is a code word for taxpayer paid stuff. No one is prohibited from getting health care.
Stay home.
If you go to Canada and get sick there, they send you a bill for treatment costs incurred in a Canadian hospital.
But Democrats think foreign free riders are cool. Go figure.
Send them back to their own damn country.
This is insane. Take care of American born first.
It is not cold to say we can’t take care of everyone
“To reduce maternal mortality and infant mortality,”
If all these mothers and infants are really dying in Georgia, why isn’t the news-backed up with statistics-out there for everyone to see? Insurance is NOT “healthcare”, a 19 year old is NOT a child-and this article is just another false plea for giving taxpayer funded stuff ti mojados/illegals who don’t have any right to even be here...
So she assures Georgia taxpayers that the state won’t have to pay the cost of tens of thousands more takers in PeachCare, since the federal government will pay 67%.
Who does she think pays the cost for the federal government’s obligation? There is no free lunch, madam. Every dollar comes from American taxpayers, most of them from Middle Class wage earners who have absolutely no obligation to pay for anyone’s children but their own.
There are plenty of pay-per-service walk-in health clinics.
Flat fee for the visit, plus a few dollars extra for each lab test.
When I didn’t have ins, I went to a Dr only when needed, & paid about $120-140 each time.
That’s way better than a $900 mo premium x 12 mos when when only needed Dr 2x per yr.
Never, ever did I take my kids to the ER for an earache or tetanus shot. We went to the clinic & paid cash.
In fact, many privately owned clinics will charge self-paying patients up to 40% less than insured, due to savings on insurance billing.
Relatively healthy persons need not pay 1000s for annual premiums, nor should the taxpayers be subsidizing the insurance companies.
I am for free healthcare for usa conservatives and libertarians! Including free cialis! And an infinity Swimming pool in my back yard!! Tax the democrats all to 4377!! Yippee yi yo kiy yay
Here in Washington state, children under 18 and pregnant women automatically qualify for Medicaid - regardless of legal status.
Children under 18 also qualify for full dental care, K-12 schooling, and free lunch (and breakfast, if available) at school - once again, regardless of legal status.
Also - Seattle, King County, and my affluent suburban city, do not report illegal alien criminals to ICE.
I sure hope that free stuff is only for people in need (or get paid in cash and drive fancy cars). Otherwise I’d feel like an idiot not cashing in on that stuff - especially the free dental.
Not running to the Dr. every other day is precisely why they enjoy better health. If the Dr.s don’t pump you full of unneeded meds they scare you to death.
That would be the point.
bttt
I GIVE ZERO F*CKS ABOUT ILLEGALS AND THEIR SPAWN. (Yes intentional caps lock)
From what I’ve read, Mexico won’t even let you leave the country until your hospital bill is paid
We need to send Mexico the bill for taking care of their parasites. We’ll take the Baja Peninsula (sans current residents) as an installment.
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