Obamacare Takes Care From Disabled People To Subsidize Able-Bodied, Working-Age Men

[Free Vulcan]

As previously predicted, many in the press have tried to define the Obamacare debate through the prism of the individuals newly insured by the law. One article has highlighted the election “through the eyes of Obamacare enrollees.” Liberal groups are trotting out studies—studies debunked years ago by a member of the Obama Administration—that claim repealing Obamacare would hasten the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans annually, due to lack of insurance coverage.

But what about Obamacare’s forgotten faces? What about the people who, instead of obtaining coverage because of Obamacare, didn’t obtain coverage because of Obamacare? What about the people with disabilities who quite literally have died on waiting lists to receive care—not despite Obamacare, but because of it

Instead of talking about how Obamacare “ended discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions,” what about how Obamacare encourages discrimination against the most vulnerable?...

Read more at: http://thefederalist.com/2016/11/18/obamacare-takes-care-disabled-people-subsidize-able-bodied-working-age-men/

[chae]

Only in states that passed the medicaid expansion.  My job is basically scanning people for medicaid eligibility.  In Missouri, you have to be below income guidelines AND you have to be either over 65, 18 or under, blind, disabled or have dependent children living in the household with you that you claim on your taxes.