Consumer Directed Healthcare

Just once I would like to hear politicians address how they can help the insured, rather than the uninsured population.  Several years ago I read an article about a woman who needed a kidney transplant.  She was a working, taxpaying and insured single mother who was earning more than 200% above the poverty level.  The only catch was that her insurance did not cover kidney transplants.  At the same time there was a young girl visiting from Mexico who was hospitalized with renal failure.  This young girl also needed a kidney transplant but had no insurance.    The child’s parents did not work or pay taxes in this country but they did not have to absorb any of the medical costs.  Because she was uninsured she  qualified for a kidney tranpslant through the State’s Medicaid program.  Unfortunately for the single mother, she did not qualify for Medicaid because she worked, paid taxes, was covered by insurance, and made a little too much money.   There is no justice when we continually use tax dollars to fund programs for non- taxpaying individuals and families, but do not extend the same benefits to those that make the funding possible.

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