The Biggest Health Care Purge in History is Abandoning Millions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- 10 million Americans have been kicked off Medicaid since April. It's partially the result of a handful of Republican governors purging the social safety net. The Medicaid unwinding, is it's known, is sabotaging the health and safety of children, pregnant women, and people with long-term disabilities across the U.S.
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I moved to Germany a year ago, my daughter had to see a doctor several times before having German Healthcare... not only did the doctor see her for free, the prescriptions were under $20.
I did not realize how afraid I was of the American health care system until that moment.
We don't really have a system. What we have is government in the thrall of pharmaceutical companies and bureaucracies - including so-called private insurance and government "plans" - limiting what doctors can do. Who went to medical school? The doctor or the bureaucrat?
There are medical practices that refuse to take insurance, work for their patients, and cost less.
Who doesn't like that? Politicians who want your vote and ask for it while lying to you that the only answer is more of the same.
The American healthcare system is extremely flawed. It is mishmash of public and private insurance schemes. The public ones such as Medicaid are heavily means tested which means people get thrown off for it over minor rule changes or changes in income. Get a raise and then you can lose your insurance. It is perverse system. What America needs is a universal system of public healthcare like every other country in the world.
My sister-in-law was getting ready to spend a year in Germany. However, the tax cost to her is so great she is reconsidering. It's far cheaper to live here and pay for her healthcare, than to have German healthcare and pay German taxes on her income. TINSTAAFL.
Yeah, it's messed up.
Just to see a doctor last week for my infected tooth was $120 for the visit and then $30 for the medication
I have bills from the ER for over $1000 and I wasn’t even seen. All they did was take my blood pressure
I’m scared to go to the dentist to get my tooth extracted because I feel like oral surgery is normally at least $3000 here
Braces start at $3000 it’s just insane here
A shot of stelara here is $25,000
Most people need them monthly for Crohn’s and if your condition is bad you’ll need two a month. Insurance will refuse you saying it’s not medically necessary. 😒
Everything here is ridiculously priced. I told my husband to just let me die if something happens that I have to be hospitalized
I don’t want to come out of there with a 300k bill, that’s more than my house
I joined the Navy in 1998... It was never something I wanted to do at all, but being on my own right after high school, my options were either enlist in some branch of the military, or be homeless, the amount of money I could conceivably earn, no matter how hard I worked, would never be enough to live.
But yeah, I was a Corpsman, the enlisted medical job, and worked in various medical facilities doing different things. Something I heard from many of my superiors in those days, who all worked in a socialized medical system, that worked parallel with the normal for-profit system, was just how obviously superior a socialized medical system was.
It's the difference between a system that exists to provide health care, and a system that exists to earn money for some folks who are not there, not involved in any way, save for having some legal ownership over the facilities and structures of professionals. Profit is practically and legally the top priority at all times, and providing good medical care is a far second priority.
Something people also don't consider is just how wasteful it is to even have to be constantly messing with one or more of a wide array of insurers... In some areas, like, with pharmacists for example, the VAST majority of your time is spent messing around with insurance, rather than doing something useful.
Retail pharmacists back then made over $120/hour (who knows what they take in now) and that >$120/hour is being mostly wasted on messing around charging one insurance or another, or reaching out to them to override automatic denials, etc.
It's a wildly wasteful system, tremendous waste, over half of the resources poured into the medical system, is profits and payments that have nothing to do with providing medical care at all. Things that can and should be pared away, jobs that serve no purpose, that shouldn't exist
We can, should, and would have a better system at less than half the cost of the current one, if we only left the for-profit model. It is so wasteful and bad.
Yours is a great comment. Thank you for sharing your personal experience.
This is a very serious nationwide problem.
A good start is having people realize that healthcare does not operate on a capitalist model, and never has. Then take a look that literally all the best hospitals are non profit.
@@meligoth that's another thing I just remembered an anecdote about, from when I was working at a Navy hospital's inpatient pharmacy.
This was a big hospital that occasionally dealt with amputations, reconnecting someone's lost fingers, arm, whatever.
Arteries that feed tissues blood are deeper and larger, veins that take blood back to the heart, are closer to the surface, smaller, and more numerous. So its difficult to reconnect a sufficient amount of the veins, to bring all the deoxygenated blood out of the amputated limb.
There is a single, great, elegant solution to this issue, using medical-grade leeches. They remove the blood that otherwise accumulates in the reattached part non-invasively, and they secrete anticoagulants, antibacterial chemicals, chemicals that allay inflammation, a whole bunch of stuff that evolved to keep their food supply healthy and happy
But at least at time, while Naval hospitals would keep or otherwise secure a stock of medical leeches for use in such cases, there's just so little profit in LEECHES that for-profit systems just can't and don't have them. Why find a source of good, clean leeches that can do this job better than anything else, when your goal is profit? It is MUCH more profitable to attempt to get the same result by surgically implanting a mess of tubes deep into the tissues to drop out the accumulated blood, and then throw $2,000 worth of various drugs into that person's IV a day to mimic what a leech can do easily and safely
A system that is built to profit just doesn't have tools available to it, that are not wildly profitable for someone, somewhere, to provide to them. So some of the best tools, just go unexploited
Many prisons are following the privatized model and they're also trying to do it to the public school system now too
@jerdonclar8655 my guess is that these places are state run, because healthcare in privately owned prisons are ridiculously awful! One can guess what non medically trained quacks are running a private school's nurse's office.
It really hurts to hear Tiffany say that she's a "contributing member of society" as justification that she deserves access to health care. Even if she wasn't, we all deserve to go see a doctor. No one should ever lose access be it because they were laid off from their job or because their state legislature kicked them off for nebulous reasons.
I live in Texas, and have been jobless for over a year now after I was told I was no longer needed at a 40+ hour a week freelancing job. I couldn't afford *any* of the marketplace insurance plans because I "made too much" and "had too many assets" to qualify for any of the subsidies. Now that I have no income through no fault of my own, I still "made too much" on my last tax return, and "have too many assets" to qualify for any kind of healthcare. My last income was over a year ago, and I *still* don't qualify for any kind of assistance...why? because I bought a house almost a decade ago when prices were more reasonable, but still really too damn high, and was only able to do that through a VA loan. I don't qualify for VA healthcare since I have no service-connected disability, and my 7 years in the National Guard weren't "active duty" for long enough to qualify. The entire healthcare system in America is completely fucked, and it only starts with for-profit insurance companies.
@@CyphDragon as a fellow Texan, I'm so sorry that you're having to go through this. For as much as this country's funding that gets directed to the military, it's infuriating that access to the VA is so bound up in red tape and means tested BS. In my eyes, you dedicated your time to serve this country in some capacity and should have access to all benefits; full stop.
@@CyphDragonI get subsidies for coverage, however my $900/ month plan has $12k deductible and I have zero doctors in the network in my area. In general, this plan is only good for insurance company. It gives me no access to healthcare at all.
well the shit part about that is the people affected are not the ones in charge so. pretty much none of that matters.
@@vg7985 you should see the full price without subsidies. I bet that plan costs around 2k without them, or more. It's been awhile since I've looked, but the last time I did I think coverage just for me that would include anything was somewhere around 3k a month, and it also had a really high deductible (but covered 1 visit a year for a physical, how generous!). I'm glad the "individual mandate" is gone, but I looked into the fines...it was far cheaper to just pay the fine for not having insurance than it was for even the cheapest insurance available on the marketplace. It's all a huge scam and costs us billions, but makes a handful of executives even more stupidly rich and let's them play doctor without any of the credentials...
Employers should not be the gatekeepers to healthcare. Everyone is entitled to healthcare. It's a goddamn human right!
In the civilized reaches of the world, employers have a keen interest in the health of their employees, because not being in good health means not being as productive, and sending someone with an infectious disease home for the day may prevent yet more employees being ill several days down the road.
Totally agree
A job I worked for told me I could get healthcare insurance after a year. In the meantime I was on my own. A year later on that job, told me I could not get it, I would have to wait until the next enrollment date.
the only reason it still is is because it makes it harder to quit, which makes it easier to abuse employees and underpay them
@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr Abuse is the right word
It's like being held hostage on a job you hate , you stay there because you need the healthcare insurance
These two parties are doing nothing to get single-payer health care.
JFK said Med4All needs to happen, and 60 years later nothing.
This is beyond the breaking point. The USA needs single payer, universal healthcare like every other developed nation already has, and we need it now.
I hope not. Have you seen the wait times and horrible outcomes in the UK, for example? Of course you haven't.
@@edarcuri182 and neither have you. Why don't you ask people in the UK if they'd rather have our system, and see how enthusiastic they would be about paying $200+ for insulin.
@@edarcuri182because of the push for privatization and lack of funding. it's the same in Canada, being scraped at on all sides by private interests
Singe payer universal healthcare does not create more doctors, nurses, hospitals etc. etc. It's a singular solution presented by "progressives" because it sounds good and is easy to sell. The vast majority of voters have no understanding of why our healthcare system is broken, and explaining the long complicated history of how we got here doesn't get votes. Not to mention the fact that both parties are completely beholden to big pharma and the medical industrial complex just like the military industrial complex. The fact is our tax and regulatory environment means health care providers don't market to individuals, but to institutions. That is the problem that needs to be solved.
@@Brian4Liberty you're not wrong, but how would you fix it?
Republicans will never let you forget how pro-life they are.
Unless it's actually BEING pro-life, more lies but what do you expect.
Yeah, protect the unborn. But, forget about them after birth.
Before Reagan there were all kinds of free healthcare clinics, or go by your income, pay what you can. The Health Dept had healthcare clinics and dental clinics that were for the poor. Now the Health Dept ask do you have health insurance. The Republicans cut out so much in healthcare in Tennessee, even more when Obamacare came along. Obamacare isn't worth spit
Both parties suck
Pro-lfe before birth. Afterwards you're on your own.
Is what always comes to my mind. All these so called pro-lifr people are the same people against gun control, against universal healthcare, against expanding Medicaid for kids and babies, like come on, you are so against abortion but can't provide free healthcare for babies and pregnant women? Gtfoh with your bullshit hypocrisy and double standards
Biden said he would veto Med4All if it came to his desk.
Sure the GOP is a really bad party, but the Democratic Party is a bad party.
I think Republicans need to explain to their constituents why they hate the working poor so much.
The problem is their constituents blame Biden for it and are almost brain dead to any wrong doings of their leaders. I have maga parents and they literally won't believe any of this is actually happening. If they do, they blame it on Biden.
*RFK24*
They have told their Lower Income and poor voters and shown them time and again they don't matter. The Republican politicians let them and everyone know that are in the corner with Big Pharma, Big Healthcare Insurance Corporations, and Hospitals with overcharging the citizens. Those big campaign donations to their party matter
Do you really think the political party where just about all of them come from affluent families and got into college through legacy programs, but pretend they are self made explain this mess?
Because the poor don't donate to their campaign
And they called themselves "pro-life", disgusting.
they are actually "pro-birth"
They're Pro-Life, as long as you haven't been born yet. After birth, you're on your own -- unless of course you're among the deserving-rich; those they'll help.
@@carlcushmanhybels8159 How dare those babies not pull themselves up by their -bootstraps- diapers!
OH, GIVE IT UP! THERE IS APPARENTLY A WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF BOTH DOCTORS AND NURSES. GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET A DEGREE AND HELP OUT!
Yet us taxpayers pay for politicians premium health insurance.
Yup! They should have to find and pay for their own healthcare and dental insurance.
@@leilanigreenwood5064 or they can only have whatever is publicly available to the rest of us. You want government insurance? Fine, here's a healthcare plan that makes you get a prior authorization for a $45/month med.
If you are referring to Congress, you should know that they get the same insurance as other employees of the US government and they pay premiums.
They do have a clinic also available for which each Member is assessed a premium.
@@leilanigreenwood5064 They do. Many who comment online do not know what they do and what they have.
So, the ignorance spreads.
It’s all about the state you live in.
The richest country on earth. We should be ashamed.
You are not rich, you are in debt.
*RFK24*
@@TheZodiacRipper At the scale of entire countries, let alone superpowers, debt doesn't work the same way it would for a simple household. We are the wealthiest country in global history, there is literally no reason why any of this should be a problem.
@RevShifty why?
OH, GIVE IT UP! THERE IS APPARENTLY A WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF BOTH DOCTORS AND NURSES. GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND GET A DEGREE AND HELP OUT!
Why are the poorest supporting Trump?
I wonder that also!
because they're uneducated
*RFK24*
Thanks to the internet, misinformation and propaganda is at an all time high. Republican's love the poorly educated, and want to keep it that way which is why they attack education whenever they can. They want to keep power, and lying and manipulation are the tools they use.
They all aren't, but those that do are wage slaves in the oligarch plantation trained with fear and rage by right-wing media.
Amazing. As a Canadian -- someone who believes that taxes collected can help to build a healthy society -- I can't ever imagine seeing a pregnant woman without having easy (and free) access to healthcare services for her and her newborn child. Public healthcare works.
Pls tell the class how long you have to wait to see your doctor lol
Edit: I’m serious because I doubt it’s any longer than what we have to do in the US but A LOT of people think public health care in other countries means you’ll die before you get to see your doctor.
Press reports in Canada don't support your Pollyannaish description.
Women should get pre natal care and the fathers should pay for it or, at least, help with that and her other needs as her pregnancy continuers. Good men do that.
There are resources in the US for women who lack support or who fear asking for help from the father. Unfortunately, the only solution ever offered is to add more bureaucrats to government to "fix" the problem. It doesn't fix it.
Cruelty IS the point!! -- gqp
Sounds like a federally mandated program shouldn't be administered by states
French Revolution needs a repeat.
Bring it
@@Proud_Danish I DO Know. Let's do it.
@@Proud_Danish don't worry he's in his late thirties and finally drank enough koolaid that he voted for the first time ever in 2020. Trying to be scary on the Internet.
@@Proud_Danisha lot of people die without revolution
*RFK24*
This video was my reminder to check my coverage. I now am aware my form that will be used to try and snub me from coverage is going to come in a few weeks time.
I wish we had a Supreme Court that would not let things like this happen sometimes. I wish we really did.
It's jeopardizing the health of more than those people who lost coverage: These people will now be ill longer and more often. The moment this involves infectious diseases, it means that they pose a greater risk to those around them.
Totally aside from that, inasmuch as the people are issue are part of the workforce, it will affect their productivity to boot.
I agree. Here's the snare: insurance coverage is not the provision of medical care. They are related, of course, but conflating the two causes many to miss the most important alternative: Doctors who do not take insurance. Patient pay means longer Doctor visits, much lower overhead for the Doctor, and lower costs for the patient.
Who wouldn't like longer more instructive visits at lower cost? When you know who, you'll know how to listen to the lies and know when you are being lied to.
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We put the hardest burdens on the poorest of us in US
Another solid investigative story thank you! If it's at all possible could you look into certain states that are purging voters from registrations? How do they get to do this without setting off alarm bells BEFORE they issue the purge?
As someone who is actually "pro life" I support universal healthcare.
I live in Idaho, have been disabled and eligible for Medicaid and help with my Medicare premiums for over 12 years and was kicked off. Idaho kicked off thousands in a purge that wasn't just for Covid eligible people. They kicked off people who had just recertitifed, many found out at the doctor's office and emergency room(where I found out). Idaho's call center doesn't answer, you are automatically forced to wait for a callback if you miss that call you have to start again.
In Washington, a state with a Democratic governor, one was supposedly able to continue coverage by phone when this happened, but when you called, you were transferred to a hold abyss that told you it would be 3-4 hours, and the machine cut you off after 2 long hours of hearing how much your patience was valued.
Lots of working people with insurance cannot afford to go to doctor either
Yep.
Why is this a state failure at all? This shouldn't be handled by state governments; it should be handled by the fed at all levels.
This sounds suspiciously like Medicare-for-all you are suggesting.
Get ready for some long, long wait times.
This is disgusting and despicable.
"I found out I was pregnant again, which is kinda crazy." WTF?
IRRESPONSIBLE!
Lol, just blame her. Not like people also have emergency’s too. What’s wrong with being pregnant too??
All elected officials should be forced to rely solely on government programs for at least a year of their tenure.
Elected officials should have the same coverage we have. Watch how fast everyone would get free healthcare.
@@Justinforsure I don't know to which elected officials you refer, but Members of Congress pay for their medical insurance and participate in plans that are also offered to other government employees.
You mean SNAP, for example? Try that. See who runs for office.
people who are already on snap and have nothing to lose. It would motivate them to bring the standards of these programs up .
Fun/Sad Fact:
C-19 has never ended.
Don't let them think it's only in Republican states. NYS has been doing the same shit with access to staff and help. I personally know. It's national and don't let them tell you otherwise.
I say that as an extremely left person, too. They are all trying to eliminate the poor problem in one way or another.
The issue is complex, but follow along.
Before we get started the hospitals are largely non profit and the hospital-medical- pharmaceutical complex donates more money to politicians then the military industrial complex.....
Now to the meat
3 patients walk into a hospital (or Dr office as the hospitals bought up all the independents)
Patient 1: Medicare/medicaid covered. This is a large group of regular "customers" that you can count on every month. Prices set by the government, you don't really make money off them. But it covers the overhead. You know you will make payroll, leases on equipment, etc.
Patient 2: the insured. This is the gravy. CT scan, blood work, enema. All done at ER. $25k! the CT was a very small incremental cost as the nachine and operator was paid for by Patient 1. Blood work is cheap to do and automated, also it's overhead paid for by Patient 1. Enema is 15 minutes and done by nurse who is already on staff and brutally overworked. The bill is $25k. But you have insurance. So they knock it down to $12k by negotiated pricing. Patient pays $2800 out of pocket. Insurance renegotiated the remaining $9k. They pay $2700. So insurance pays less then Patient. If the Patient doesn't pay they send to collections. Ruin credit. Then drag you into court and attach wages or tax returns.
Patient 3. 45yo man lives with his mom. Never held a job more then a few weeks. Cuts grass for beer money. Calls it a career. No reported income. Spends a week in the hospital because he caught an infection from living like an animal and not washing ass. Probably $90k bill. Pays nothing or close to it. Hospital looks him over. No money, no income, no insurance. They write it all off. Now they never expected to get $90k from anyone. Not Patient 1, not 2, not 3. But if insured they would have got.....$20k? But now they write off $90k!!! It's fake money. The number is huge so they can say "poor us, we help the poor, we donate $$$$ in charity care". Then they get some money from the state/feds for helping some lazy entitled meritless goober. But what did it really cost the hospital? Patient 1 covered the facility's expenses. Doctors are often a separate bill, so they just get stiffed. And they need a write off anyway! Patient 2 was all profit. Patient 3 is a straw man argument to justify screwing patient 2 blind. Or heaven forbid if patient 3 wasn't some lazy bum and had assets. They would bleed him white. How many people in the US go bankrupt due to medical bills? Even with insurance.
So you see the system is designed this way intentionally. Any profit they make they launder by paying to top executives, use to buy up every practice or hospital around them, build unbelievably fancy buildings, etc. No taxes paid, they are nonprofit! And no pesky politicians thanks to the contributions and the fact that the ones with clout use a different insurance system.
And the insurance doesn't care as they renegotiate what they pay after the fact. Plus they are guaranteed 10% because of Obama care.
And as long as the lazy version of patient 3 (or the recent immigrant version of patient 3) exists Republican voters will defend the status quo out of fear some average Joe might get ahead. All the while the system feeds on them like a tapeworm.
Money absolutely has too much power in this world.
Unless you have a star trek replicator, then that won't change.
Yes both parties suck. But I'll always choose incompetent over evil.
These primary political parties know that they suck.
That's why they both proclaim that voting for an independent politician or 3rd party is throwing away your vote. They live in fear of independent parties
Yep. I'm absolutely not a Democrat in any way, shape, or form. But there are only two viable options, and one is as close to evil as I've ever seen. There isn't even a decision, really.
@@RevShifty yep. I'm a registered Democrat only so that I can at least try to get the candidates that suck least on the ballot.
we need a national single payer health care system. Enough of this health crime system.
The fact this country just lets people die is so insanely depressing.
I'm worried I have a soft tissue sarcoma in both of my hands and I can't afford to get it checked out even WITH INSURANCE. I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I already pay $450 a month for insurance but I still have to pay to go to a doctor, a colonoscopy would of cost me $2,200. Wtf am I supposed to do
There are doctors across this country who do not take insurance. They charge much less and work with patients to help alleviate the burdens of higher cost procedures.
They are the real doctors. They are out there and increasing in number. Their costs are much lower and their fees reflect that.
@@edarcuri182 this is a bulllllshit lie.
It's sad, because they vote for these governors 😮.
This happened to me in Florida! They just dumped me. I lost coverage for a month. Couldn't get treatment, medicine, etc.
So sorry to hear that. Hell I can't even get that , medicaid or disability
@@leilanigreenwood5064 my disability case has been ongoing for 5 years! Fun times !
The richest country in the world but the only one that doesn’t have free healthcare.
Basic health care should be a human right. Anything above that should be affordable and not tied to work.
If you are a 1099 employee you can get inexpensive healthcare based on your income.
If you make more you pay more
But you still have skin in the game
Conservative politicians: Government doesn't work.
The American People: Why not?
Conservative politicians: Because we broke it.
All sorts of health insuracne related softwares are designed poorly on purpose to create screw ups like this and provide plausible deniability, an investigation needs to be made, code looked at, and probably jail time given out for the people make these calls in my opinion.
Our taxes pay for these programs!!!!!
It's all about the kids!!! BS!!!
Universal healthcare so no one goes bankrupt over healthcare issues anymore! 😤😤
Health should be free to everyone, it is a shame the richest country exploit its citizens.
America is on a slippery slope.
Stop tax payer funded healthcare for politicians.
I hope there will be some class action lawsuits against said governors.
What I e noticed about health ins coverage and Medicaid is there’s more people on Medicaid now and that’s resulted in Medicaid paying providers even less for the services and more providers are refusing to accept Medicaid for any reason now….
#1 Our economy is heavily geared to enrich the already wealthy and keep the laborer poor no matter how hard they work, making some kind of health care coverage essential for those workers and their families. #2 We have turned over administration of our healrhcare system to greedy, for-profit entities, making a dollar wasting quagmire out of the entire system and one that many people can't negotiate. #3. Denying people healthcare by any means just creates more crtical, expensive problems later. #4 Politicians throw a monkey wrench into the whole process and make it even worse under the guise that these are people just taking from the system and just need to get a job. #6 Patients don't get a record when they leave a medical facility anymore so that fraudulent medical claims can be more easily caught.
How blessed we were when the family doctor used to have a low fee and people went into the medical field to help others, nor enrich themselves to a high degree. We just took our kids to the doctor, paid a reasonable fee and went home. No government involved, no forms to fill out, no long waits on the phone trying to get insurance companies to live up to their obligations.
Do children have to be insured or do they get it free?
The last time I read the stats, about 50% of American children had 'free to them' Medicaid.
Shame. What we get for the taxes we pay is criminal. And, if we can always afford a tax cut, why are my working-class taxes never cut?
Next step? Jailing women with no coverage who fail to get prenatal care.
Can't pay for the "dreamers" and the poor at the same time. ....but we have almost a trillion for Ukraine ? Our priorities are wrong on BOTH sides.
And the really sad thing - ask these red state residents who just got kicked off of Medicaid for no actual reason who they plan on voting for in 2024? Trump.
VOTE republican'ts out of office NOW! Don't wait for 2024! Start locally and work your way up!
the real solution is universality. just give it to everyone
Politicians should be fearing for their lives, not sick children
Any bets on how many of those people voted republican?
Just use emergency rooms
the govt will not make universal healthcare available because they own stocks in those companies that support the system. it could be quite logical to have a basic cost per service set up, where health care providers have the fee for every service listed , this way we don't need to ask a health insurance company for permission to get an xray... xrays are not expensive, its old technology. we also can have a lot more drugs over the counter... we have high costs because of all the middlemen involved who take profits.
I wonder what state she’s in, cause if they live in a state that didn’t expand Medicaid they are screwed.
I live in a state that didn't expand medicaid.
I like Stacy Abrams, but she's wrong about this.
It's not the job of businesses to provide healthcare. Businesses shouldn't even have a say in healthcare access.
Every single person has a right to healthcare.
Stop pointing fingers at businesses. It's not their business.
The working class pays more then enough taxes to finance health care for everybody. However, foreign wars seem to be more important than the well being of the American people.
100% agree! American's are already paying more than any other developed country on average for healthcare, but for worse service (or nothing at all). Whether it's through insurance or taxes, the US government (specifically Republicans) pushed it's responsibility to provide healthcare to it's citizens to businesses. Small Mom&Pop's shops suffer more because they have to deal with the redtape of providing the insurance to their employees. The only one's who benefit from this system are the wealthy shareholder of the Insurance companies.
@@jrho8033True. Both political parties get campaign donations from Big Pharma, Big Healthcare Insurance Companies. The lobbyists of Big corporations make sure that the politicians vote against Universal Healthcare and Medicare for All.
Maybe I missed something, but I heard her talking about state’s responsibility.
I worked extra hours for maybe two weeks because i really need the money, and only those two weeks, and then BAM medicate revoked.
Don’t forget taxes went up for everyone. Tax brackets.
Thank you, MPU.
❤ Love you, Stacey
We all know how you get pregnant it’s not that shocking. Do you think we’re fools?
Republicans Governor: “Well, you know we can’t help those poor people because the ultra rich multi, multi millionaires and billionaires of my state are struggling to get by with only 5 homes, only one private jet, and one yacht. I mean honestly, what would Jesus do? “
You do not need a superyacht if you can walk on water
Yes, thank the Republican Party...
Thank both parties. Even when the Democrats have the
Majority in the Congress and Senate nothing gets done as far as Healthcare
I just received a random text yesterday from AHCCCS, the first time ever, asking if I was still living at the same address. I hope they are not planning to send me a revocation letter.
I remember biden saying he would veto medicare for all but wanted a public option. Then 4 years after his election we still havent heard a word about it.
Thanks, joe!
I'm so glad everyone here is insured. I hope the US gets their sht together.
The cruelty champagne chugs on
stupidly insidious
I will take the same plan that the POOREST Congressman has...
Vote them out!!!
Thanks Abbott.....you won't allow people to have abortions for those that can't afford another pregnancy and you're kicking newborns off of their guaranteed healthcare. Family values right there.
I dont have one, why should they? Stop taking from many just to give it to the few.
They say we are the greatest country in the world.
Can't they all go on CHIP?
What could be the goal here?
This is important.
DISABLED PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING THROWN OFF. UNLESS THEY CAN STILL WORK.
LOTS OF DISABLED PEOPLE WORK!!!!!
Same thing with food stamps. You’re taken off for no reason. Then when you reapply they string you along. Then ask for all manner of crazy things, even notarized letters from your neighbors as proof of residency. Even if you turn in all the paperwork they leave on read indefinitely or just deny you anyway
More tax cut for the richest Americans, sad
How do these evil politicians keep getting re-elected??!!!🙄😞
Culture wars that actually harm queer folks helps keep the two party system alive. Mutual aid for folks affected by culture war will be what destroys this two party system once and for all which will allow everyone to realize both parties serve private equity at our expense.
I got to go to therapy/counseling for two years and it was great. I just can't afford it now.
I lost my health care coverage from medicaid as well….
they no longer qualify. the unwinding is just people doing re certification and come to find out they no longer meet criteria. Should the amounts increase? Well yah. But thats an entire different story.
LOW INCOME CHILDREN MATTER
Amendments to the Constitution have been made many times and calling for an amendment to make healthcare a human right along with housing is possible. It took a Constitutional amendment to end slavery did it not? The Constitution was originally written to look after the interests of the wealthy elites since it was written by wealthy elites. However, ordinary people, over time, won certain rights which never originally existed and reforms that benefited ordinary people. Since FDR, those reforms are being taken away being justified by both Democrats and Republicans. I say that because Democrats hardly reverse policies that Republicans create and we see Genocide Joe in lock step with tRump's foreign policies. Both political parties block Third Parties from a seat in government.
Government is not a problem with the capitalist class and it works wonderfully well for the capitalist class which includes the Military Industrial Complex. Without government the entire capitalist class could not function despite what other may say. Government keeps the capitalist system functioning. Government is also the glue which hold society together either for good or bad.
Just keep voting Republican. It's fiiiiiine.
6:56 wtffff
Keep up the amazing content 💯🔥
Why can't the states/government reduce spending on other things than healthcare which provide it's hardworking citizens a way to preserve their health.
Just another day in the US of A!
Be careful what you ask for because you just may get it..... These people have voted for the elected officials they wanted..... These are their father's, brothers, mothers, uncles, aunts, grandparents and neighbors...... They knew who they were and they knew what their value systems were and yet they still loaded them into office and now they're watching catastrophic results. Do I empathize.... absolutely.....
Republicans say they are pro-life but their actions say otherwise. Make sure you don't abort that baby and make sure you don't put on public assistance either
Pre birth you're good, pre school you're f****d. George Carlin.