Sometimes, you have to laugh at liberals’ pretzeled
logic. You don’t have to venture far,
just pick up your local newspaper and read the op-ed section. You’ll find some nonsense that’ll blow coffee
out of your nose.
The op-ed, to which I refer, was written by the
president of the Cone Health Foundation and the interim president/vice
president of programs at the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. They funded a study that was conducted by
unnamed “nonpartisan” university researchers who “surprisingly” came to the
conclusion that confiscating tax dollars to expand Medicaid is good for the
local economy. Who’d a thunk it! I’m sure all parties involved are
disinterested philanthropist.
Progressives have been trying to coerce North
Carolina lawmakers into expanding Medicaid since the implementation of this
Obamacare fiasco. Their contention is the
fabled, “welfare creates jobs and economic growth” canard. Frederic Bastiat debunked this kind of logic over
150 years ago with his “broken windows” maxim.
In this case, substitute the healthcare industry for window glaziers and
you’d have an apt description of what’s happening in the Old North State, or
for that fact the country.
And who will benefit from Medicaid expansion? Here is an excerpt:
It is
important to understand North Carolina’s current Medicaid coverage policy – you
must be a low-income child, a pregnant woman, an extremely low-income parent, a
low-income senior or a person with a disability to qualify for Medicaid in
North Carolina. Who gets left out? Adults who don’t have children, no matter
how low their incomes are. These are people we all know and rely on every day:
people working for a living in construction and food service, people taking
care of our children.
The people, who fit this
criterion, in most cases, are illegal aliens.
Anyone who happens upon a construction site, or gazes around a restaurant
will notice a lot of people who barely speak English. It’s no secret. And for those who claim illegal aliens aren’t
eligible for Medicaid should be informed that in 2011 North Carolina spent $48
million on 19000 people in emergency funds.
I do not wish to impugn
the motives of the people who funded or researched this study, however, if the
goal is to provide preventive and primary care that will tend to the ill and
injured, there is a more cost effective manner than having to fund and deal
with a blotted and wasteful government bureaucracy. Primary physicians are charging a median fee
of $70 per month for high level care. This
kind of service has been implemented in 46 states including North
Carolina. Shouldn’t we encourage a more
economical and productive means of healthcare, instead of breaking more
windows?
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