Submission 3: "Who Gets Defunded When Medicaid is Reduced"
Apr 15, 2017 5:19:25 GMT
Post by textpress on Apr 15, 2017 5:19:25 GMT
Discussion thread for Submission 3:
3/17/2017
Who Gets Defunded When Medicaid is Reduced
Every time I hear rhetoric about de-funding or reducing funds to Medicaid, I feel honor bound to pass on this information. Because I'm positive that most people just don't get it. If our legislators don't, they're not doing their jobs. But if they do, they're not telling you. Because no one would be able to defend this.
When you hear that Medicaid serves people with disabilities, it's important that you understand that it doesn't just mean that it provides medical services for people who are on Supplemental Security Income (Social Security disability) and Public Assistance. That's a lot. But it's just the tip of the iceberg. Many of those experiencing the most severe, complex disabilities count on what's known as Medicaid Waivers to provide them with their daily care, their vocational programs, their day programs. Waivers pay the staff in group homes. They provide respite for families who provide that care at home. They pay job coaches and day habilitation specialists. Many people on Medicaid Waivers are totally dependent on their staff for every activity of daily living. Without someone to cook for them and serve their meals, assist them in bathing and eating and using the toilet, they can not do these things. They need someone to get them in and out of bed and help them dress. They are not safe crossing the street, eating, sleeping, interacting with the world on their own. They need assistance with life; people who can allow them to do the things they can do. These people are not leaches. They did not chose to be disabled. Most of them were born with a one or more disabilities. Many of them have jobs and work harder doing the things they do than the majority of people. How many of us work so hard every day that we have to go home and nap? How many of us love our jobs so much that we are angry if we're given a day off? Is there a law that says you can be paid below minimum wage based on how long it takes you to do your job? Without Medicaid Waivers or even with reduced funding these people, American citizens with every single one of the rights that every other citizen has won't just be inconvenienced. They will suffer. They will die. The idea of people who are dead set against abortion treating living, breathing human beings in this way and pretending they're doing Americans a favor is despicable. If you insist on people being born, you have to deal with them once they're alive, even the ones who aren't so easy or cheap. Why are we increasing the amount of money we use to kill people and decreasing the amount we use to keep them alive if everybody's so damn pro life?
Who Gets Defunded When Medicaid is Reduced
Every time I hear rhetoric about de-funding or reducing funds to Medicaid, I feel honor bound to pass on this information. Because I'm positive that most people just don't get it. If our legislators don't, they're not doing their jobs. But if they do, they're not telling you. Because no one would be able to defend this.
When you hear that Medicaid serves people with disabilities, it's important that you understand that it doesn't just mean that it provides medical services for people who are on Supplemental Security Income (Social Security disability) and Public Assistance. That's a lot. But it's just the tip of the iceberg. Many of those experiencing the most severe, complex disabilities count on what's known as Medicaid Waivers to provide them with their daily care, their vocational programs, their day programs. Waivers pay the staff in group homes. They provide respite for families who provide that care at home. They pay job coaches and day habilitation specialists. Many people on Medicaid Waivers are totally dependent on their staff for every activity of daily living. Without someone to cook for them and serve their meals, assist them in bathing and eating and using the toilet, they can not do these things. They need someone to get them in and out of bed and help them dress. They are not safe crossing the street, eating, sleeping, interacting with the world on their own. They need assistance with life; people who can allow them to do the things they can do. These people are not leaches. They did not chose to be disabled. Most of them were born with a one or more disabilities. Many of them have jobs and work harder doing the things they do than the majority of people. How many of us work so hard every day that we have to go home and nap? How many of us love our jobs so much that we are angry if we're given a day off? Is there a law that says you can be paid below minimum wage based on how long it takes you to do your job? Without Medicaid Waivers or even with reduced funding these people, American citizens with every single one of the rights that every other citizen has won't just be inconvenienced. They will suffer. They will die. The idea of people who are dead set against abortion treating living, breathing human beings in this way and pretending they're doing Americans a favor is despicable. If you insist on people being born, you have to deal with them once they're alive, even the ones who aren't so easy or cheap. Why are we increasing the amount of money we use to kill people and decreasing the amount we use to keep them alive if everybody's so damn pro life?
Submitted by Sue.