Obamacare Headline in Rural Arkansas- Daily Kos
http://bit.ly/1eeDqxH
"In a real life example of how Obamacare is changing everything, our local newspaper ran an article about the closing of the 9th Street Ministry Medical Clinic.
"It was announced last week that 9th Street Ministries will be concluding their medical clinic mission, which had been ongoing monthly to offer free medical services to those in need since first starting in 1998. The final day for the medical clinic will be Thursday, April 24, and that will conclude the mission that has been in place for almost 16 years."
The article tells how the ministry has been operating once a month for years to give people healthcare on a first come, first served basis. This care was provided by volunteers. My mother actually volunteered at the clinic and they would see as many as 300 a day. Many of these people would wait all day for the chance to see a doctor. Most of the patients were people who could not afford to see a doctor, but were not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare. Why would they close this clinic down?
"We’ve gone from seeing around 300 people a month on a regular basis, but as people were enrolling in Obamacare, the numbers we were seeing have dropped. We were down to 80 people that came through the medical clinic in February, all the way down to three people at the medical clinic in March. Our services won’t be needed anymore, and this will conclude our mission.”
We live in one of the most conservative places in Arkansas.
The Repub's want to tell those people that once a month waiting all day for a chance to see a doctor was good enough.
Thankfully, President Obama did not think so."
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The "Tip Jar" (comments) are worth reading too.
I see that MI has enrolled over 50K ...
... in Medicaid since it expanded on 4/1. I think the "single payer" option that is Medicaid has been the most important effect of the whole ACA. Red state Guvs and legislators who have been blocking expansion are going to be facing an enraged public all the way up until election day this November and they will pay a price. Polling is showing incumbent Guvs in GA and Kansas behind in their reelections! People love their Obamacare.
Apr 9, 7:16a- Reinvented Daddy
People find it difficult to believe that THEIR representatives would be out to hurt them. Then, after a while, they remember their daddy's razor strop and they ask whether those whippings really hurt daddy more than it hurt them.
After a while, some people don't deserve the benefit of the doubt."
Apr 9, 7:30a- Hannah
