Uh, who pays for it? There is not unlimited money.
Medicaid does more than help low-income Americans afford health care, it also pays for everything from treatment for substance abuse to support for children with special needs. We must protect it.
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We have money for it if we stop giving billionaires and fat cat corporations huge tax breaks with loopholes the size of Texas.
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Children And Adults Make Up The Largest Share Of Medicaid Enrollees, But Most Spending Goes To Seniors, People With Disabilities - via NPRhttps://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/06/27/534436521/from-birth-to-death-medicaid-affects-the-lives-of-millions …
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Medicaid pays for your parents/grandparents stay in a nursing home....a cost that few Americans can bear. Nursing homes are not that great now...imagine the disaster if this funding goes away.
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It also supports something like one-third of American adults in nursing homes and memory care facilities.
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@KamalaHarris Thank you for taking up this fight. Medicaid is the best insurance I have ever had in the 8 years of dealing with my now terminal colon cancer. I don’t have to worry while I fight to have more time with my#ThreeLittleBirds.
Single Mom w Terminal Cancer in NVpic.twitter.com/nbDQtGy0aV
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It also pays for long term care for the elderly, which is not covered by Medicare.
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Per the Kaiser Foundation Medicaid covered 62% of seniors in nursing homes. We must protect it.
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And your room and board at a skilled nursing facility! They are between $9-10,000/month in PA!
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Similar in NC for my dad.
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