1. La Amenaza Existencial: Pérdida de Medicamentos y Tratamientos Vitales.
La principal preocupación de los usuarios de Medicaid es que la pérdida de la cobertura se traduce directamente en una sentencia de muerte o un deterioro de la calidad de vida, ya que no pueden costear los medicamentos y tratamientos necesarios para manejar condiciones crónicas, cáncer o discapacidades.
- If i lose my medicaid i will die. Without it i cant afford the prescriptions i need to be able to function, work and stay alive. This is not an exaggeration.
- Honestly, this broke me. I am going to die when the medicaid cuts hit because im poor and disabled and cannot afford my insulin.
- Without medicaid i might genuinely be fucked. My autoimmune med costs thousands of dollars uncovered.
- I am going to die when the medicaid cuts hit because im poor and disabled and cannot afford my insulin.
- I am on medicaid and its the only reason im alive right now and not millions in debt over a dozen surgeries.
- Medicaid pays for my psych meds that cost 2k per month thanks to patent law. Not sure if ill die without them but i might get locked up.
2. El Laberinto Burocrático y los Límites de Ingresos Injustos.
Los testimonios revelan que calificar y mantener Medicaid es un proceso arduo y a menudo arbitrario. Muchos son rechazados por exceder los límites de ingresos por márgenes mínimos, o son expulsados debido a errores administrativos o requisitos de documentación excesivos.
- I apparently no longer qualify for medicaid. Not because i am no longer disabled. Not because i suddenly make more than 50 of fpl. Not because i didnt go through my reapproval. Its because the state fucked my paperwork up. Im no longer in the system even.
- I make 100 dollars over the monthly income limit for medicaid, so i get to lose my health insurance in august.
- I was 26 over the very low eligibility, so you know im living in the lap of luxury now.
- I was denied medicaid. Apparently my state uses ai to determine your eligibility for medicaid, and because i worked half of the previous year before being diagnosed, the algorithm forecasted the same salary for this year, thus i was denied.
- I was just approved for snap and medicaid because i was fired from my job. I was instantly approved for medical, instantly denied for tanf cash and i had to do an interview to be approved for snap.
- I was having to choose between my rent and my chemo. It wasnt until i qualified to receive medicaid that i could have the roof over my head that i have now.
3. El Impacto Devastador en Personas Discapacitadas y Familias Vulnerables.
Medicaid es un soporte fundamental para los discapacitados, los ancianos y los niños con necesidades especiales, cubriendo no solo la atención médica, sino también servicios de apoyo en el hogar y cuidadores. La eliminación de estos beneficios amenaza con desmantelar la vida independiente y sumir a las familias en la pobreza extrema.
- I have a disabled daughter whose medicaid was unceremoniously cut earlier this year and we had a fight to get it back. It pays for her caregiver without it her mom will have to quit work and then theyll be in even deeper poverty.
- I am disabled and rely on medicaid to keep me alive.
- My son is about to be kicked off his medicaid. The one thats only accepted as health insurance for his disabilities. No commercial insurance is accepted.
- Medicaid pays for supports for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities and i can tell you just in the past two weeks from my work that i several people would have become homeless andor dead without these supports.
- I am disabled. Im required to work if i want medicaid. My 85-year-old disabled neighbor was, too. Its cruel.
- I have fibromyalgia, cfs, and arthritis, and im on medicaid. I work, i work nearly every fucking day. Now im probably going to lose my medicaid, and i wont be able to work because ill be in too much fucking pain.
4. Medicaid como Herramienta de Estabilidad y Recuperación.
Contrario a la narrativa de que Medicaid es un beneficio para "vagos", muchos usuarios lo utilizaron como un salvavidas temporal después de una crisis (pérdida de empleo, enfermedad repentina, accidente) que les permitió recuperarse, obtener un diagnóstico y, finalmente, volver a trabajar o estudiar.
- When my layoff march 2020 turned my whole life upside down only to become disabled by the end of that year, medicaid gave me everything i needed to slowly fix my life with mental health services and get my chronic pain and chronic migraine to a manageable capacity.
- Medicaid was how i was able to get my heart issue under control so that i could find a job without just staying in bed all day feeling exhausted. Repeat i have a job because i was able to get care to solve that issue first.
- I was on medicaid at the beginning of 2024 in the first couple of months following my separation from my ex-wife. Medicaid allowed me to keep taking my anxiety medications that let me get a job.
- I hate hearing them rip on medicaid as if its just lazy fucking people. For me it was a life saver. I struggled with addiction and loss my job as a result. I couldnt afford cobra while unemployed... So i got medicaid. It got me through rehab and healthy again.
- I was on medicaid last year- i was starting a business and i have a chronic condition that requires regular medication and switching to a private insurer would have meant dangerously delaying my medicine.