There's an additional point to be made: when pols cut Medicaid, they jeopardize *everyone's* health. Almost all infectious diseases are transmissible, so if poor people are deprived of medical access due to cuts in Medicaid, we are all affected.
I greatly enjoy reading your posts and reactions from your readers. I once felt highly intelligent & able to processes things at or above my level; but now due to my undesirable happenings, I can’t multitask or multi process thoughts as clearly. I more strongly relate to your Medicade comments. I luckily qualify to receive Medicare benefits (after I had been on SSDI for 2 years) with disability, but as I had been on Medicade after my accident (which I personally referred to as welfare for the disabled) I remember the unfavorable feelings I got from Medicade (Ie: having to go to the downtown health department offices for some healthcare options. I felt dirty and unsafe having to do this.
Looking further into this…. “Smith addressed Leger Fernandez and said: “I don’t want to read the bill for you.” He added, “I am, I am testifying about this legislation. I’m not going to read the bill to you.”
Ranking Member Moore proceeded to read the line: “Section 11106 repeal of excise tax on indoor tanning services,” and Leger Fernandez laughed and repeated, “So, they’re going to repeal, they’re repealing an excise tax…on tanning beds.”
She added: “So if you have a tanning bed, you get a little bit of a tax break and if you need a hospital bed in rural America, I’m sorry, you’re out of luck.”
There's an additional point to be made: when pols cut Medicaid, they jeopardize *everyone's* health. Almost all infectious diseases are transmissible, so if poor people are deprived of medical access due to cuts in Medicaid, we are all affected.
I greatly enjoy reading your posts and reactions from your readers. I once felt highly intelligent & able to processes things at or above my level; but now due to my undesirable happenings, I can’t multitask or multi process thoughts as clearly. I more strongly relate to your Medicade comments. I luckily qualify to receive Medicare benefits (after I had been on SSDI for 2 years) with disability, but as I had been on Medicade after my accident (which I personally referred to as welfare for the disabled) I remember the unfavorable feelings I got from Medicade (Ie: having to go to the downtown health department offices for some healthcare options. I felt dirty and unsafe having to do this.
Looking further into this…. “Smith addressed Leger Fernandez and said: “I don’t want to read the bill for you.” He added, “I am, I am testifying about this legislation. I’m not going to read the bill to you.”
Ranking Member Moore proceeded to read the line: “Section 11106 repeal of excise tax on indoor tanning services,” and Leger Fernandez laughed and repeated, “So, they’re going to repeal, they’re repealing an excise tax…on tanning beds.”
She added: “So if you have a tanning bed, you get a little bit of a tax break and if you need a hospital bed in rural America, I’m sorry, you’re out of luck.”
Brava, Cindy. One of your strongest posts, among many.