Medicaid is the distinction between life and demise for a lot of youngsters and adults in Montana. As defender of marginalized individuals, I see rising variety of those that want it most are eradicated from Medicaid or refuse insurance coverage. This system means essentially the most weak, together with youngsters, people who find themselves succesful in a different way and adults who’ve low revenue can obtain assist for well being and medical care that save lives. Many individuals who use Medicaid are employed however don’t earn sufficient to purchase one other insurance coverage.
It’s way more costly to deal with somebody for a illness than to offer preventive and early care. These with out medical insurance coverage current on the finish of the illness course of, which ends up in extra intensive emergency necessities and better monetary prices, whereas individuals pays with their lives.
As for me, the lack of Medicaid implies that I can’t survive. As a result of a uncommon and complicated medical situation, which just about was deadly, alive with a number of critical medical issues. Medicaid permits me to stay safely in my dwelling, entry essential drugs and obtain the medical care I must preserve alive. With out it, I’d drive me to enter an aged dwelling, costing 1000’s of instances extra and destroying my independence and high quality of life. There should not sufficient aged houses to deal with the withdrawals of the packages.
Medicaid is just not free. Pigo a considerable quantity of my revenue from Medicaid insurance coverage.
The cuts to this system won’t lower your expenses, however they may price the weak meeting their well being and their lives.
Jeanne Hatfield,
Hamilton