Monday, April 04, 2011
Arizona has come up with a new method to help pay for Medicaid.
They want to penalize overweight Medicare recipients for failing to lose weight.
According to an article in the New York Times, Arizona's Health Care Cost Containment System has proposed charging smokers $50 a...
is both stupid and mean-spirited. Rather than simply taxing the rich, who can afford it, she is trying to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. When Obama wanted to tax ONLY those who make more than $250,000 a year, the Tea Partiers managed to convince the average Joe to oppose it, even though it wouldn't have affected him at all. Seems like we have turned into a nation of totally selfish, willfully mean people. This is not what America is supposed to be about. Unfortunately, only the people of Arizona can change their state government; I hope they have the courage and intelligence to do so.
Thanks for your insightful comments.