Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca...
by barretts on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:26PM
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You're focused on the trees, not the forest. The prior commenter is right: Unless you are very poor (and get Medicaid) or old (and get Medicare), most Americans receive no government assistance for healthcare.
Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca...
by karatestomp on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:25PM
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Tricare for active and retired military and their families. Whatever the Federal government does for health care which I assume is some kind of government-managed insurance pool. Not sure how state, county, and city workers are covered (might be through private plans, might vary state to state).
Lots and lots of people already have "government healthcare". Just not enough.
Re:CDC declined to test new coronavirus patient for days, Ca...
by intortus on Thursday February 27, 2020 @01:24PM
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If you're poor and you live in the South (and certain other states), you can NOT get Medicaid. Unfortunately this decision was left up to each state.
And even in states where you might be eligible, it's not going to help you (or the public) if you haven't enrolled.
That's not true. Poor people can get Medicaid, old people can get Medicare, and there are also various other ways of getting one's health care expenses subsidized by the government if you're poor or have medical reasons for not being able to work.
Just to be clear:
I'm for 100% state-funded medical care, but it's simply not true that "the government doesn't pay for anything; only private insurers do". The government does pay for quite a lot, even if many people in the US don't qualify for such aid.
They absolutely should qualify for such aid, in my view, but my opinion doesn't change anything. Some people qualify, some don't, and the government does pay for some, and private insurance does not pay for absolutely everything in the US. These are just facts.