Learn to do good seek justice, correct oppression bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause (Isa 1:17)įather of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation (Psa 68:5). The Bible over and over commanded the Israelites and Christians to care for the orphans and widows because they were the most at risk in that culture. I have always heard a society is judged by how they treat the weakest and most vulnerable. Losing Medicaid will mean many trying to free themselves from addiction will lose their chance to get treatment.

Rates of opioid deaths are above national average.

What’s that? It’s an emergency, and you have to get to the hospital immediately? Sorry, the hospital closed due to lack of funding.

12 hospitals across the state will either close or go bankrupt.

70% of Medicaid budget is spent on the elderly, people with disabilities, and people with mental illness.

Don’t call yourself Pro-Life and take away health benefits from pregnant women and born children.

60% of Medicaid or CHIP patients are pregnant women and children.

Out of a total of 20,000 nursing home beds, half are funded through Medicaid.

So don’t give me that “they just don’t want to work” crap.

Nearly 1 million South Carolinians are covered by Medicaid or CHIP.

Uts could set the stage for a “Medicaid Hunger Games” where leaders play needy groups against one another - children against the elderly, the chronically ill against the catastrophically ill, the traumatically injured needing rehab against the substance-addicted.ĭoes that sound overly dramatic? Just look at the numbers. Lynn Bailey, Columbia health care consultant, put it this way. If we can’t do that, we are going to have to make some hard choices. If the bill passes with the Medicaid and CHIP cuts, South Carolina will have to come up with an extra $200 million per year over the next ten years. We are already 42 nd in health status overall. We are already second to last in spending per Medicaid and CHIP beneficiary. We’ve been trying for years to come up with money for our roads that are falling apart. Republicans who created this bill expect the states to make up the shortfalls, but because of high poverty rates, our state’s budget will not be able to make it up.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated 14 million people will lose Medicaid by 2026, and 22 million will lose insurance.

USA Today says that Medicaid cuts are going to hit us harder than most states for a number of reasons. That is certainly true of South Carolina, which went for Trump. I’ve heard a few times the health care bill will hurt Donald Trump supporters the most. As I said before, this is not political for me. I’ve talked before about how Obamacare saved my ass – literally. Repeal and replace Obamacare is a politicism that affects me personally.

Widows and orphans in writing