The Problem With Medicaid Expansion

Let me first talk about the importance of money and profits in this modern day World. Money makes the difference in where you live, the options you have in your social and love life (not too many middle aged bums have girl friends),the quality of your kids’ education, where and how often you eat out, the vacations you get to go (Disney World is not free. Neither is the French Riviera), and the retirement you have. Since profits involve money I must admit it is important for the owners of any medical business or employee of a medical establishment to be paid. So it is not necessarily evil for a business to try to get a profit or a doctor to want to be paid well because it involves the quality of their lives. So let me explain why Medicaid expansion as a part of Obamacare doesn’t work out too well. Medical care in America is quite expensive and everyone including the pharmaceutical company that provides meds, the doctor who prescribe it, the people who make new meds and medical care, the workers at the hospitals, the workers at Psych Wards, ect. have to have their piece of the pie. People who sue over real or imagined (I’ve heard stories of people discarding their crutches and neck braces after walking out of court rooms where medical lawsuits were handed down) injuries or side effects from drugs also try to get a piece of the pie when they have an opportunity to as well along with the lawyers who do the lawsuits. Companies which are sued make up for their losses by raising the prices of their medical care. Therefore health care companies can’t make a profit when a client has real medical problems due to the highly priced medical care. So they let Medicaid do it and states which sponsor Medicaid expansion have a high number of people enrolling into Medicaid. Since Medicaid limits the amount of money someone who is on it earns (for instance in my state the last I noticed the amount was limited to a minimum wage job) then the state loses money since the tax money from the Medicaid recipient is less than the medical care he or she receives. I suggest if you want to make Medicaid expansion possibly work then allow Medicaid recipients either earn more or come up with a better system.