About eleven years ago Josh Miller was in a catastrophic car
accident. Both he and his passenger were so drunk at the time that neither one
of them could recall who was actually driving that night, but Miller broke his
neck and was left paralyzed for life.
Luckily, for the uninsured Josh Miller, Medicare and
Medicaid stepped in to pay the $1 million bill for his hospitalization and
rehabilitation.
But this week, as the Arkansas legislature is debating continuing
its privatized Medicaid expansion under Obamacare, Josh Miller, now an Arkansas
State Representative, and Republican, of course, declared his opposition to
Medicaid expansion.
What was good for the goose ain’t apparently so good for the
gander.
To make matters worse, it has been reported that Miller
still receives ongoing coverage
through the government programs, including Medicaid-covered personal care
assistance. Funny, no, that someone who has reaped the benefits of insurance
paid for by the government would work against expanding those same benefits to
others?
But its typical GOP goose-stepping; when Miller needed help,
and it was offered, he took it, but if, say today, another young kid, uninsured
and drunk off his ass, wrecks his car and ends up paralyzed, josh Miller thinks
he should pay his own medical bills.
When asked about his apparent contradiction, Miller said the
difference between young and drunk and stupid Josh Miller and everyone else, is that some of the 100,000 people who have
gained coverage through Arkansas's Medicaid expansion don't work hard enough or
just want access to the program so they can purchase and abuse prescription
drugs.
So, he’s going to punish everyone because of the actions of
some.
I wonder how he might have felt, lying in that hospital bed
all those years ago, hearing he would be in a wheelchair for life, with a one million
dollar hospital bill hanging over his head, if some Arkansas asshat politician
had said to him, Well, it’s your own
damned fault you were so drunk, and your friend was so drunk. Pay your own way.
Josh Miller ISBL Asshat of the Week.
And just how was he contributing to society when he had his "accident"? What job did he have that he considered "working hard enough'?
ReplyDeleteBTW - didn't he also vote for a bill that would raise the $$$ lifetime limit for those (LIKE HIMSELF) who are already receiving coverage?
I could tell, half way thru the post, this was going to be a Mind Boggling Moment.
ReplyDeleteHe can't be that stupid
ReplyDeletehypocrit! cut his ass off medicaid now; he probably makes too damn much money anyway!
ReplyDeleteBeyond belief that anyone could be so evil; about the only word I can think of that fits - he's not stupid, he knows very well what he is doing.
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