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OK, so I am a little stewed over this issue since I am shelling out $110k in tax money this month.....
How is it that someone who has never lived in or paid a dime of tax in this country can walk in when the are 70 and all of a sudden have medicare and medicaid?!?!? Don't you got to do work and pay into the system before you can become eligible?
I've seen several of these in the recent months....
I even had a guy recently who is a Chinese national VISITING from China on vacation here, who somehow had Medicare and Medi-cal. WTF?
I won't even go into it about the illegals who also seem to get into the Medi-cal system....
Just had to vent a little...
I guess from a taxpayer this is a huge pisser...However on the bright side, as a provider, at least I will get some (albeit, very little) reimbursement for seeing them...
How is it that someone who has never lived in or paid a dime of tax in this country can walk in when the are 70 and all of a sudden have medicare and medicaid?!?!? Don't you got to do work and pay into the system before you can become eligible?
I've seen several of these in the recent months....
I even had a guy recently who is a Chinese national VISITING from China on vacation here, who somehow had Medicare and Medi-cal. WTF?
I won't even go into it about the illegals who also seem to get into the Medi-cal system....
Just had to vent a little...
I guess from a taxpayer this is a huge pisser...However on the bright side, as a provider, at least I will get some (albeit, very little) reimbursement for seeing them...