• @disguy_ovahea
    link
    54 months ago

    Medicaid is health insurance. If you don’t make any money, you don’t pay any deductibles for healthcare. The price scales with your income.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      54 months ago

      Medicaid isn’t available for poor people without a disability in every state. This article is a couple of years old (it is now 10 states that haven’t expanded Medicaid instead of 12), but the coverage gap is real.

    • @acetanilide
      link
      English
      14 months ago

      I’m aware. That doesn’t mean you actually get healthcare though. Most places won’t take it. Those that do either have long waiting lists or won’t actually give decent treatment. It’s rare if not impossible to find a decent provider that takes Medicaid in my area, even just for primary care.

      • @disguy_ovahea
        link
        14 months ago

        I have it in NY. Every provider I’ve needed accepts it. There’s no waiting list. What state are you in that doesn’t accept it?

        • @PugJesus
          link
          English
          34 months ago

          When I was living in VA it was fucking hell to find someone to accept Medicaid.

          • @disguy_ovahea
            link
            2
            edit-2
            4 months ago

            Was that before the Medicare for All act in 2023? It’s very different now.

            • @PugJesus
              link
              English
              14 months ago

              Before. I moved back to MD before '23, and things have always been pretty accomodating here.

        • @acetanilide
          link
          English
          14 months ago

          The reddest state in the land

          • @disguy_ovahea
            link
            1
            edit-2
            4 months ago

            The blue states have the majority of immigrants.