Re:Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29
by Ekaros on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:16AM
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NICU baby feels so weird. Why isn't that covered by Medicare or something else? Like why isn't basic health-care for children under whatever age 18 or 16 fully covered by government? At least to certain level.
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Re:Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29
by lotsofpulp on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:14AM
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Because babies and kids do not vote. Why is Medicaid a separate thing than Medicare? Because poorer people are less likely to vote than older people.
The US is composed of very fractured tribes, that people move in and out of throughout their lives. And US politicians are tasked with keeping taxes extremely low, and services very high, and the various tribes do all they can to give disproportionately little relative to how much they benefit.