Lets get one thing straight, when Nancy Pelosi and the democratic party says that voting against an increase in federal funding for children's health care is akin to wanting children to not receive medical help, she is a liar. The democratic party wants you to think that the children who are in poor and needy families are turned away by doctors and clinics, laying in the gutter sick and dying while the rich and wealthy sit around and laugh. When a child goes to the doctor or clinic they are always treated, what is at stake is how the bill will be paid. Medicaid covers all families with incomes on or below the poverty line, the increase would be for families of 4 that make between 42 and 81 thousand a year. That does not sound like a family in need of funds to myself, and if your in an area that this is not enough money to live comfortably..... move.
The Michigan State Health Plan
1. Government Medicaid is only for families at or below the poverty line
2. Independent Board of 7 former appointed doctors from which all major specialties would be represented. All malpractice cases would have to make it through this board, and the decision that it has would be final. This would lower costs greatly in the judicial system, and trained professionals would be the ones deciding what constitutes malpractice in an industry that is riddled with fake lawsuits that take up time and money. This would lower the insurance costs for medical professionals and in turn come back to the consumer and the government that pays for the Medicaid families.
3. Have all insurance that is bought in state have a waiver that states this malpractice board is the final arbiter in all cases.
4. Patients on Medicaid can have the Medicaid revoked or lowered if the patient smokes, takes drugs, drinks heavily or is obese to the point that it affects their health without medical condition.
The advantages of this system are many, the judicial system's load is lightened so money is saved by less cases being tried. Then the insurance for both the consumer and the doctor is lowered, plus the insurance companies are happy by an increase in profit percentage when the false claims go down since they are easily weeded out by trained doctors. With the extra money that is also saved by the governments Medicaid program, taxes can also be lowered.
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What about other forms of federal and state government plans such as welfare, WIC, food stamps, etc. There is too many people abusing these programs. We were at the grocery store the other day and a lady behind us complained that she hates having to buy her food. She says she needs to find a way to get back on food stamps. I also like to see it when people separate thier order and pay the first half with food stamps and then pay $100 cash for their other needs of T-bone steaks, shrimp, Beer, etc. There are many who actually need these programs, but we need some regulation so others don't take advanatage and do what ever it takes to try and stay on these programs as long as possible.
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