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Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly
Who then pays for the poor?
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Taxpayers, just like we do now. We all pay taxes to fund our state's Medicaid program.
The trick is to tweak that program to incent the poor to use preventative care services. Successfully doing so would reduce the tax burden on all of us.
That said, doing so is much easier said than done. One of the biggest barriers preventing the poor from seeking preventative care is basic transportation. For many, if they can't walk to it, they're not interested. (And in that case I'm inclined to say eff 'em, let 'em die of pneumonia, but that doesn't really fly.)