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The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, attempted to move us toward better care for people who need it most. Historically, this nation has not done well in providing healthcare for the widow and orphan, metaphorically speaking. Is that what a Christian nation does? Is that what Jesus would do? “And he healed all who were sick, except those who were too poor to pay for it.” The rich get richer, and the sick suffer and die. That has never worked, it has never produced a balanced budget, and it has never trickled down enough to make up for the losses. Cut vital benefits and services for the poor and middle class and give tax cuts to the wealthy. The worst thing about this proposal is they say we have to do this to save money and reduce the deficit, but really, all the savings are going to be spent in tax cuts for people already rich. Do you? Who are the most vulnerable in our society? The elderly? People in nursing homes? Recovering addicts? Unemployed veterans? Children? People with disabilities or mental illness? Anyone who is sick and can’t afford healthcare? These are our widows and orphans. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world (Jas 1:27). “‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen’ (Deut 27:19). Learn to do good seek justice, correct oppression bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause (Isa 1:17)įather of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation (Psa 68:5). The Bible over and over commanded the Israelites and Christians to care for the orphans and widows because they were the most at risk in that culture. I have always heard a society is judged by how they treat the weakest and most vulnerable.
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Losing Medicaid will mean many trying to free themselves from addiction will lose their chance to get treatment.
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60% of Medicaid or CHIP patients are pregnant women and children.Out of a total of 20,000 nursing home beds, half are funded through Medicaid.So don’t give me that “they just don’t want to work” crap. Nearly 1 million South Carolinians are covered by Medicaid or CHIP.Uts could set the stage for a “Medicaid Hunger Games” where leaders play needy groups against one another - children against the elderly, the chronically ill against the catastrophically ill, the traumatically injured needing rehab against the substance-addicted.ĭoes that sound overly dramatic? Just look at the numbers. Lynn Bailey, Columbia health care consultant, put it this way. If we can’t do that, we are going to have to make some hard choices. If the bill passes with the Medicaid and CHIP cuts, South Carolina will have to come up with an extra $200 million per year over the next ten years.
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We are already 42 nd in health status overall. We are already second to last in spending per Medicaid and CHIP beneficiary. We’ve been trying for years to come up with money for our roads that are falling apart. Republicans who created this bill expect the states to make up the shortfalls, but because of high poverty rates, our state’s budget will not be able to make it up. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated 14 million people will lose Medicaid by 2026, and 22 million will lose insurance. USA Today says that Medicaid cuts are going to hit us harder than most states for a number of reasons. That is certainly true of South Carolina, which went for Trump. I’ve heard a few times the health care bill will hurt Donald Trump supporters the most. As I said before, this is not political for me. I’ve talked before about how Obamacare saved my ass – literally. Repeal and replace Obamacare is a politicism that affects me personally.