Amid the flurry of “Obama Care Raised My Insurance Premium So Much I Can’t Afford It.” comes this:<\/p>\n
I receive Medicaid benefits because I qualify for Social Security Supplemental Income. So I live comfortably thanks to socialism.<\/p>\n
On the 25th of January past, I went to the emergency room at the local hospital, my blood pressure was 169\/97. On the following Tuesday I went to the local sliding fee scale clinic and was seen by a physician’s assistant who put me in the system for blood work and a visit with a cardiologist, paid for by Medicaid. I will be seen by the cardiologist on the 7th of March next with a follow up at the clinic on the following 10th.<\/p>\n
FWIW Overhead on the Medicaid program is 3%. You go look up the profit margin of a health insurance corporation yourself because you won’t believe me if I tell you myself.<\/p>\n
So, that is my experience. Here is how Senator Ted Cruz frames the same information for public consumption:<\/p>\n
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Amid the flurry of “Obama Care Raised My Insurance Premium So Much I Can’t Afford It.” comes this: I receive Medicaid benefits because I qualify for Social Security Supplemental Income. So I live comfortably thanks to socialism. On the 25th … Continue reading