To my local MP. (via
GetUp)
Please explain why the government has $1Billion dollars free to give to the Adani coal mine, and not enough money to maintain Medicare. The Medicare rebate freeze causes financial hardship to the Aussie battlers who need it the most. The Adani mine gives money to rich foreigners who don't vote. Guess who is going to vote
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I hate to hear you seem to be having the same sorts of problems in your neck of the woods!
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Medicaid, OTH is hardship based and horribly unfair, because some states fully participate, while others turn down the Federal aid that is meant to go with it because the political leaders of those states don't want to be part of the "big government hand outs" (sadly Oklahoma is one of those states) and so they don't have enough funds to cover everyone who should be Medicaid eligible.
The most sensible thing to do to overhaul the US health care system is to gradually lower the age of Medicare until it covers everyone. Something that will probably never happen, and definitely won't happen in the next four years.
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No subtlety, just that. Yes. Clear enough! Go!
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