Roanoke Times, 10/11/09, Pg Horiz 2: Editorial: Virginia’s stingy Medicaid program leaves private plans picking up a big part of the health care tab.
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It’s now clear that the Roanoke Times Editors need a basic course in the most simple of all economics concepts: “There are no free lunches”!
This editorial laments the state of Va Medicaid stating:
“Someone, though, has to pay the bill when government programs don’t”.
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Hello! When government pays the bills someone pays big-time and it’s the taxpayers! There is no free medical care, anywhere!
How can supposedly educated folks write such tripe?
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Virginia’s “stingy” Medicaid program is intended to help folks who do not have the resources to help themselves. It is a medical safety net. It is also a partially funded Federal mandate that currently places great financial burden on the state taxpayers.
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ObamaCare will greatly increase the number of Medicaid recipients and therefore will result in a very big increase in state taxes. Obama, Pelosi & Reid have not even begun to document the TOTAL increases in taxes and fees and premiums that their proposals will impose on America’s working families without any assurance of improved care.
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We need health care reform, but right now we need intellectual honesty reform from our government and media even more!
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Prior Items:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/09/stop-obamacare-mess-and-start-fresh.html
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