The Bush Family to the poor and the sickFUCK OFF The NYT has the details:

The Bush administration approved a sweeping Medicaid plan for Florida on Wednesday that limits spending for many of the 2.2 million beneficiaries there and gives private health plans new freedom to limit benefits. [. . .] "The state will set aside a specific amount of money for each person enrolled in Medicaid," based on the person's medical condition and historic use of health care.

Just hope you don't suddenly develop a new medical condition, get hit by a car, get caught in a hurricane, etc. This is the first big step of the government (that is us collectively) washing our hands of responsibility for the poorest and sickest members of our communities. These folks are going to end up at emergency rooms (and not a few will be turned away). The end result is it will cost us more to "provide" them with health care via the emregency room than it would to actually provide real health care to them via Medicaid.

Of course if you are poor and sick (or poor because you're sick and don't have a trust fund) it's your own damn fault. You should have taken personal responsibility before you got sick and set up a medical savings accoount. Fuckers. Let's review, can't declare bankruptcy because of medical bills, college tution rising through the roof, health insurance costs skyrocketing and big corporations cutting benefits, gas and other energy prices soaring, and wages stagnent. Yep, we're doing well. Let's cut some more taxes!

posted by Idle Crank at 10/20/2005 10:35:00 AM