In my opinion, Medicaid is the most significant element of health care in America. Medicaid, created in 1969, helps low income families be eligible for a health care plan. I think it's so significant because a large part of the population is classified under the low income level. Medicaid not only covers the poor though; "These other requirements include, but are not limited to, assets, age, pregnancy, disability, blindness, income and resources, and one's status as a U.S. citizen or a lawfully admitted immigrant." Without Medicaid, these people would most likely have had a difficult time trying to pay for health care.
Medicaid has helped so many people and I think this shows that programs such as this one, just work. It's really effective for treating a large sum of people who fall below a level of poverty and disability. But this brings up the question; What about the people who are just above the poverty level? This is a real issue in America. The rich can pay for their own health care plans and the poor can receive Medicaid, however, the people who are in the middle are in a horrible position. There should be an expanded health care system in my personal opinion because there are so many people who are in the middle.
Even though Medicaid has it's issues I still believe that it's one of the most significant parts of the current health care system in America. I think that it encourages people to expand on the idea of a more universal health care system and less of a free market. I really don't think that a free market health care system would benefit all of America as well as a universal system would. Obama's health care reform was something that I think helped a lot. From what I know, it helped a lot of people and I think that things like that are what we need in today's economy. In short, if Medicaid could be expanded, it would be perfect.
Work Cited
<https://www.cms.gov/MedicaidGenInfo/>
< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid>
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