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14. Do recall what it was like before Medicaid

Reply to hibbing (Reply #9)

Wed May 24, 2017, 07:41 PM

May 2017

became available for Nursing Home Care or Hospice Care. Witnessed families filing Bankruptcy for Elder Care costs. Once the savings ran out,many people were just shipped home to die without Medical Care.

This is just plain unjust. If this Legislation is pasted,count on up to one to two million jobs disappear with in months.

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UPDATED: The health-care bill that passed the House would leave 23 million more Americans uninsured [View all] DonViejo May 2017 OP

Plus tens of millions more with scam insurance. sandensea May 2017 #1

That is just the Enrollee portion. Wellstone ruled May 2017 #2

+1 dalton99a May 2017 #3

Medicare and Medicaid hibbing May 2017 #9

Do recall what it was like before Medicaid Wellstone ruled May 2017 #14

Medicaid pays for nursing homes TexasBushwhacker May 2017 #15

Joel Benenson on MSNBC just said it would be 50 million by 2026. n/t pnwmom May 2017 #4

Just back of the envolope math shows Wellstone ruled May 2017 #5

+1 dalton99a May 2017 #7

So...we'll put the GOP down as a "maybe"? brooklynite May 2017 #6

ACA or AHCA? yallerdawg May 2017 #8

So to make this short they still want to F us and give tax breaks turbinetree May 2017 #10

Wow, this is a total albatross Dopers_Greed May 2017 #11

Throw 23-50 MILLION off of the ACA to save 11.9B per year. Meanwhile......... Bengus81 May 2017 #12

The old score had 24 million people losing health insurance, the new one has 23 million. briv1016 May 2017 #13