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Subject: Re: Federalizing Medicaid

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pjk

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Date Posted: 10/15/04 8:39:10am
In reply to: krz 's message, "Re: Federalizing Medicaid" on 10/15/04 7:06:11am

krz,

thanks for getting back to me. there is nothing like having someone with direct experience speak to an issue. after I posted yesterday I googled "federalizing medicaid" and, surprisingly, didn't have that many good things to read about it. Several articles spoke about how states have been able to get considerable sums of money from the feds through medicaid billing. One thing I read said it would actually be advantageous for the feds to take it over b/c the financial burden on states, especially those struggling, will only get worse. I read that Kerry was going to phase out some three letter acronym that began with a "D" like "DHS" or something. I'm not sure if that D stood for disability. One other comment that stuck was that nobody really thoroughly understands Medicare and Medicaid - it's too large and complicated for one mind!

I sympathize with your worries concerning coverage for Danny. It seems difficult to get a read on what the future will look like for health care in the U.S. If Kerry were elected, he still would have to get something through with republican approval. What seems certain though is that without bipartisan work, without some sort of visionary push, we're headed for a disaster - all of us save the very wealthy. I don't think Kerry has an extraordinary vision for health care, but I can't get away from thinking that the idea that the more people you get to share the risk, the better the insurance program. As well, money spent up front pays back many fold in the future when it comes to health. (i.e. eventually we pay... more in the emergency room/ less with regular care). Whatever the merits or demerits of socialized medical programs, we need someone who can get us past the reactionary rhetoric so often found in republican circles that it is some caricature of Soviet long lines and so forth and get the best minds working on some kind of overhaul, some sort of "American" system that shares the best aspects of France & Canada without throwing out the baby with the bath water.

Here's my pitch for Kerry - I think he has a better chance of restoring some sense of bipartisanship in Washington than Bush, and thereby, getting us pointed towards some improvement regarding health care.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Federalizing Medicaid	krz	10/15/04 9:55:48am
Re: Federalizing Medicaid -- pa, 10/15/04 10:42:30am Re: Federalizing Medicaid -- krz, 10/15/04 2:26:27pm