Comments on: Facelifts and Medicaid http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171 Blog Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: surgerycenterok http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171&cpage=1#comment-19 surgerycenterok Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:49:30 +0000 http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171#comment-19 The only answer is to abolish Medicaid. As long as that system exists, little or no accountability exists in maintaining one's health. It should not surprise us that we get more illness when we subsidize it. We get more illegitimacy when we subsidize it. We even get more illiteracy when we subsidize it. Public schools almost always get more money when they are awful. I'm convinced that Medicaid doesn't exist for the benefit of the poor. It exists for the benefit of those who have figured out a way to get rich from this corrupt system. The only answer is to abolish Medicaid. As long as that system exists, little or no accountability exists in maintaining one’s health. It should not surprise us that we get more illness when we subsidize it. We get more illegitimacy when we subsidize it. We even get more illiteracy when we subsidize it. Public schools almost always get more money when they are awful.
I’m convinced that Medicaid doesn’t exist for the benefit of the poor. It exists for the benefit of those who have figured out a way to get rich from this corrupt system.

]]> By: Brandon Dutcher http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171&cpage=1#comment-18 Brandon Dutcher Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:35:07 +0000 http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171#comment-18 Correction: The breast-reduction surgery was for a teenager in an Oklahoma juvenile detention facility; it was taxpayer dollars but I'm not sure if it was Medicaid. Another idea is to levy a $50 fee on Medicaid patients who refuse to quit smoking. This idea is popular with Oklahoma voters: http://soonerpoll.com/medicaid-smoker-fees-popular-with-oklahoma-voters/ Correction: The breast-reduction surgery was for a teenager in an Oklahoma juvenile detention facility; it was taxpayer dollars but I’m not sure if it was Medicaid.
Another idea is to levy a $50 fee on Medicaid patients who refuse to quit smoking. This idea is popular with Oklahoma voters: http://soonerpoll.com/medicaid-smoker-fees-popular-with-oklahoma-voters/

]]> By: surgerycenterok http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171&cpage=1#comment-17 surgerycenterok Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:24:57 +0000 http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171#comment-17 Mises said (I am paraphrasing) "...that which is subsidized proliferates. That which is taxed is destroyed." Maybe this applies to healthcare.....DUH! Pretty common sense stuff...thx for your comment...best to you and your new addition. Mises said (I am paraphrasing) “…that which is subsidized proliferates. That which is taxed is destroyed.” Maybe this applies to healthcare…..DUH! Pretty common sense stuff…thx for your comment…best to you and your new addition.

]]> By: Brandon Dutcher http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171&cpage=1#comment-16 Brandon Dutcher Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:22:16 +0000 http://032a410.netsolhost.com/WordPress/?p=171#comment-16 Maybe Medicaid doesn't pay for breast augmentation, but it has paid for breast-REDUCTION surgery in Oklahoma. Not to mention condoms, vasectomies, and nursing-home care for millionaires who are shrewd enough to shelter their assets and income. Last week my heroic wife gave birth for the fifth time without an epidural. But it warms my heart to know I have the privilege of paying for unmarried welfare recipients to have epidurals. Maybe Medicaid doesn’t pay for breast augmentation, but it has paid for breast-REDUCTION surgery in Oklahoma. Not to mention condoms, vasectomies, and nursing-home care for millionaires who are shrewd enough to shelter their assets and income.

Last week my heroic wife gave birth for the fifth time without an epidural. But it warms my heart to know I have the privilege of paying for unmarried welfare recipients to have epidurals.

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