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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (5162)	1/7/2017 2:28:14 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 367315

>> In America, under current circumstance we should be able to provide basic sustenance for those unable to secure it on their own and keep the opportunity door open. How that works and limits are discussable. I guess, but we've made a lot of bad choices and we're having to pay for it, as a society. One of the costs of 60-100 Billion/year (could well be more than that) in waste fraud & abuse at Medicare/Medicaid is that we don't have the money to take care of everyone. Medicaid transportation -- I believe we spend in the area of $3 Billion/year (federal) to hire people to drive people to/from doctor's appointments (non-emergency). Now, that isn't a huge portion of total Medicaid, but should we really be doing that? The argument is, "What's the point of having health care if you can't get to/from your appointments?" I just don't know where it ends, and if we think other stuff is more important then someone needs to decide that I suppose.