Re:The Poorest 20% of Americans Are Richer on Average Than M...
by dragonwriter on Monday August 26, 2019 @05:02PM
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> In the U.S. we have Medicaid for low-income earners. So the bottom 20% the article mentions would largely qualify for free health care:
Medicaid isn't necessarily free healthcare:
“States can impose copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other similar charges on most Medicaid-covered benefits, both inpatient and outpatient services, and the amounts that can be charged vary with income. All out of pocket charges are based on the individual state’s payment for that service.”
Medicaid isn't necessarily free healthcare:
“States can impose copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other similar charges on most Medicaid-covered benefits, both inpatient and outpatient services, and the amounts that can be charged vary with income. All out of pocket charges are based on the individual state’s payment for that service.”
https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/cost-sharing/out-of-pocket...