Millennials Push for Health Care Extension
April 15th, 2015 by Mike Vasilinda
As the House and Senate remain divided over how and whether to expand health care using Federal money, two dozen young adults told reports they were being forced to choose between education or careers and health care. Charlotte Cassell is a young lawyer for Florida Legal Services who has a client in dire need of care.
“We have a client who has a brain tumor. She has not been able to get the surgeries she needs because she doesn’t have insurance.”
Q:”what happens to her?”
“We wait and see. We are working with her for the safety net in Florida, but even in the best case scenario, she’ll still get huge medical bills which terrify her.”
Tampa Doctor Dennis Deruelle told reporters it is the people who need health care most who are being denied.
“So were actually hurting the poorest of the poor in our state. What does that mean? That means they can’t afford medications/ That means they are delaying seeking care for things that could really impact their lives” says Deruelle.
Under the Medicaid expansion, the Federal government will pay 100% of the cost of increased care for three years,and 90% after that.
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