So I have a friend who is on medicaid. Actually it is his infant daughter who is. He works 60hr. weeks to support his family and cannot afford insurance. His wife stays home with the baby. Recently his In-laws and his wife have been pushing him to take the baby off of medicaid and just pay the bills himself. They feel that it is wrong to be on medicaid. Now some backgroung. they come from upper-middle whites. they are a poor young couple that can barely make their mortgage (hence the 60hr. weeks) this guy feels that if anything he deserves some help from the government. He works hard, is a good citizen, pays taxes. Should he accept help from medicaid or not?
2006-08-31 05:10:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
i am a substitute teacher and i have a medicaid card. there is nothing wrong with helping to supplement your income if you are working. the fact remains both he and i have paid into this so we are entitled to it. the fact remains that if we were making a lot of money we would not qualify. i would tell your friend to keep his spine and ignore the in-laws because he is doing what is best for him and his family. i don't feel that it is charity because we are still hard working people. pride is one of the seven deadly sins and sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you either swallow your pride and accept help or you suffer unnecessarily.
2006-08-31 05:18:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
I see nothing wrong with hardworking, tax paying citizens being on medicaid, if only for a little while to help. That is what Medicaid and other programs are there for. I cannot stand the fact that there has been so many Non-citizens that have been approved for assistance like Medicaid, Food Stamps and Family Housing. I think that these things should be provided by our government for US citizens because the cost of living is so high and most people are working like you said 60+ hours a week and most for mimium wadge and it sucks.
2006-08-31 05:22:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there's nothing wrong with accepting a little help when you're in need. programs like medicaid are there to help people who need a leg up in life. the most important thing is that the child needs to be able to see a doctor any time she needs, and if they don't have insurance, i'd hate to see them put of dr. visits for a week or two until they save the money to pay the bill. it's time to put their baby first and see that she gets what she needs, before something bad happens. it's okay to be on medicaid, it's just not nice to stay on it forever when you're capable of more, and i'm sure being how hard he's working he's capable of paying off that mortgage, saving money and being able to afford more for his daughter (and wife). Maybe he should consider a job with better benefits or more pay though?
2006-08-31 05:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think maybe a better job should be the answer. Or maybe the wife can do daycare out of her home (I do and it helps). My husband works over 60 hrs a week and we have a rough time of it but we are not on medicaid. I'm surprised that if he works that much that he is elligable for medicaid...where does he work?
This is another reason we need to up the minimum wage!
I don't think medicaid is so bad...it's good that he is working!
The chioces that they make at home should be kept at home, it has nothing to do with her parents...thats none of their business!
Blessed Be
2006-08-31 05:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I say YES. If he's working all he can and can't afford it, yes he deserves the help. As for the in-laws and wife, the in-laws can contribute / help, pay the medical bills, if they don't like the baby being on medicaid. And the wife can help out by getting a job. The in-laws should stay out of their daughter's business, as much as possible. Rather than bash the husband about being on medicaid, they might comment to their daughter on ways to help her husband.
2006-08-31 05:20:17 · answer #5 · answered by jazz564v 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is the kind of people the medicaid program is designed to help. His In-laws need to get over it unless they're willing to pay the bills. Kids medical bills can be expensive. He'll end up with bad credit and in debt worse than he is now! He should keep accepting the help! Good luck to him and his family!
2006-08-31 05:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by noneofyourbizwax 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If the state feels like he qualifies for medicaid which they must have to give it to him in the first place then he should keep the medicaid.
It's better to know that you can give your child medical care without the cost of it holding you back. I know that if I had to worry about the bills I may hesitate to take my son in for an cough and next thing you know it has turned into something serious like a chest infection or worse.
2006-08-31 05:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think he should. If he's working hard and trying to provide for his family. That is the kind of people that should be applying for Medicaid, not thees people that don't have jobs, have 16 kids, refuse to help them self's. I was going to school, working, my husband was also going to school and working and the government refuse to help us so I hope that your friend has better luck with that.
2006-08-31 05:20:21 · answer #8 · answered by ~Genie~ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't see anything wrong with it, I mean after all he is out there busting his @ to make a living. So asking for a little help doesn't hurt. He is paying taxes for things like this. Now the ones that lay on there @ and do nothing don't deserve it. As we all know doctors cost a lot. So tell him theres nothing wrong with a little help, because he is trying to help himself.
2006-08-31 05:15:33 · answer #9 · answered by Backwoods Barbie 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Chances are she is covered till she is one anyways, after that they will do an income review, a lot of states now have a program based on your income and he could have some sort of copayment after that. He should definatly keep her on it, God forbid something happen, would he wanted her denied the right kind of care or precious time wasted to send her to a free hospital because she is uninsured?
2006-08-31 05:16:41 · answer #10 · answered by Red 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋